Shovel, power
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEAM
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.1168.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bucyrus-Erie Co.
- MODEL
- B-3
- LOCATION
- South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood cab and parts/metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 580.0 cm
- Width
- 350.0 cm
- Height
- 390.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 31751.5
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Civil engineering
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bucyrus Erie
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Wisconsin
- City
- South Milwaukee
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- TO MID 1960'S
- Canada
-
The machine could be arranged as a railway ditcher, a dragline, a crane, or an extraction shovel. The one in the collection is an extraction shovel. It was most likely used in quarry as the donor’s address is “Quarry Rd.” - Function
-
Excavation - Technical
-
Basic earth moving machine during the steam era. Steam excavating equipment was first used in late 1790s, and an early shovel was patented by Otis in 1839. The machines were used predominantly in mid to late 19th century, and early 20th century. Bycyrus Erie, established in 1880 was a very important manufacturer of surface and underground mining equipment. It was purchased by Caterpillar in 1997. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Cab painted yellow, with white interior/grey painted metal front/white painted dipper and boom
- Decoration
- None
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Bucyrus-Erie Co., Shovel, power, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1984.1168, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.1168.001/
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