President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to take back the Panama Canal. The shovels used to construct it were built by Bucyrus ...
It's one of the few museums putting visitors in the operator’s seat and teaches them how to run antique steam shovels. Ken McCrary, 73, and Ed Kimball, 19, are the museum’s steam shovel ...
They commanded an impressive array of modern equipment, from steam shovels and locomotives to tugboats and dredges. Their work crew consisted mostly of local black and Indian laborers.
The figures given are based upon the work accomplished during the final month of the last dry season, when material was taken out at the rate of 18,600 cubic yards per steam shovel per month.
Few however, realize the historical significance of this ground, which hour by hour, week by week, is being scooped up in the huge jaws of the steam shovels, and carried away by a never ending ...