A Marion Power Shovel Company steam shovel excavating the Panama Canal in 1908. A steam shovel is a large steam-powered excavating machine designed for lifting and moving material …

The venerable steam shovel, with its belching smokestack, hissing jets of steam, clattering mechanical works and jawlike bucket, appears today like a dinosaur fit for the Industrial Age. …

Oct 30, 2020 · With great interest I’ve been following the finding and removal of the Thew Type O Steam Shovel from the bottom of the drained Wixom Lake near the Edenville dam. Not seen in …

Built for heavy-duty earthmoving of canals or digging of railroad cuts, the steam shovels of 1894 were poor tools for scooping from level ground. Each had a dipper stick that bobbed up and …

Jun 27, 2013 · Ball Engine spun off its stationary steam engine lines in 1920 and became Erie Steam Shovel in 1922. The Erie B was replaced in 1925 by the B-2 Dreadnaught, a 7/8-yard …

A steam shovel is a type of excavating machine powered by an external source of steam, such as a boiler. It is equipped with a large bucket or scoop attached to a long arm. The arm is what …

The steam shovel, or steam excavator, is a modified form of dredge adapted for excavating material on dry land. It was designed and patented by a Mr. Otis, about 1840, and like most …

Jan 16, 2025 · The product catalog of the Marion Steam Shovel Company. Illustrated with line drawings.

Thew's steam shovel replicated a smooth, arm-like movement. A half-century later, Otis’s ungainly design still dominated American shovels, featuring a crane boom sticking out at a diagonal that …

Mar 29, 2022 · One of the first excavators was a steam shovel; a large steam-powered excavating machine designed for lifting and moving material such as rock and soil. The steam shovel was …