Berkshire Eagle

Steam shovels and backhoes did hefty work in the Berkshires beginning in the early 19th century

Our street was hectic and noisy for two months last summer as a storm drainage system was brought up to snuff. Hearing an at times steady vroom-vroom and ding-ding-ding, I wondered about the ...
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Photo of Steam Shovel digging away Hillside

A Photograph with a ¾ rear view of a rail-mounted steam shovel with its crew at work removing hillside. A large pile of dirty has already been built up, and a steam locomotive can be seen approaching ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Trump wants to retake the Panama Canal. The shovels that dug it came from South Milwaukee.

Much of the equipment, such as the steam shovels, used to build the Panama Canal were built in South Milwaukee. Trump made comments about retaking the Panama Canal during his 2025 inauguration, also ...
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3316.3 Culebra Cut, completion of bottom pioneer cut, steam shovels number 230 and number 222 meeting at grade, looking south from west bank

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