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Mike Mulligan: 1910
"Livingstone Channel -- steam shovel removing rock loosened by dynamite." Circa 1910, construction of the navigation channel along the Detroit River. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Are they waiting for the Rattle Rattle Dump Truck ?
When I was in college in Milwaukee, late 1970s, I knew a guy who got a job with Bucyrus-Erie. I remember saying something about steam shovels and he replied with "They moved on from steam like 50 years ago."
OSHA Wouldn't Approve
Is that really someone standing under the shovel bucket? And is someone else in black to the right?
Mike Mulligan apparently wasn't too concerned about safety, but at least he had a way to back his steam shovel out of the big hole this time.
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