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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
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
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
Steam shovel
…Two shovels sit abandoned in Zamora, California, north of Sacramento beside I 5. The classic children's book Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel features a steam shovel as a main character. A steam shovel, clearly illustrated with a boiler and smoke rings, also known as a "Snort", features towards…
First edition