Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel is a children's book by Virginia Lee Burton. First published in 1939, it features Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel Mary Anne. It is considered a classic favorite o
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A steam shovel is a large steam-powered excavating machine designed for lifting and moving material such as rock and soil. It is the earliest type of power shovel or excavator. Steam shovels played a
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
…has been regularly shown as an "HBO Storybook Musical" and has been released on DVD. After many years working together, Mike Mulligan and his classic steam-powered motor shovel Mary Anne face competition from the modern gasoline, electric and diesel-powered shovels. Searching for work, they find a small town about to build a…
A Marion Power Shovel Company steam shovel excavating the Panama Canal in 1908.
Otis excavator. 1841
A steam shovel excavating for the San Diego and Arizona Railway line, circa 1919.
100-ton steam shovel mounted on railroad tracks, cc. 1919