Absolutely amazing! I bet the guy operating it was grinning ear to ear the whole time. I’m surprised at the power and speed of cycle time is actually impressive even now compared to modern machines.
@@extremechimpout well to be fair, we do have this one nut job at work who literally lives and breathes being an operator on equipment 🤣 he talks about operating his personal backhoe at home even- all break long. When I worked in his area, we’d get new guys coming through and I’d say to them ‘watch this’ and get him started on what could very well be hours long convo on machines if not limited by break 🤣 I’d just have to say something like ‘the hydraulics acting choppy in the dozer’ and off he’d go 🤣
To be fair, the Panama Canal was dug with much larger Bucyrus shovels. Bucyrus merged with Erie Steam Shovel (formerly Ball Engine Manufacturing) in 1927, quite some time after the canal was completed. The Shovel in this video looks to be an Erie B built sometime in the late teens or early 20's, but I could be wrong about the dates. However, I can say for sure that it was built on the north side of West 12th street between Washington and Weschler Avenues in Erie, Pa. That Shovel propelled itself about a block west of there to a rail line where it loaded itself aboard for shipment to its new owner.
In 1989 I traveled to the fireman's home and museum in Hudson NY and watched three steam pumpers from the turn of the 20th century in action. What a sight chugging along, and they were not working hard pumping water through a 2 1/2 inch hose with a straight bore tip nozzle.
In Australia we had a kids programme called Mr Squiggle, a puppet who had a friend “Steamshovel” who enthusiastically puffed steam (white smoke) over everyone. He looked very similar to Errie. Great to see the steam shovel in action and check out the design. Thanks!
Old tech might be alot slower to today's tech, but is was built to do the job and last a long long time. Maybe we need to take a couple steps backwards to keep going forwards. Fantastic video
The company I worked for back in the 1970's had a Link-Belt crane made in 1949. The line out was a free fall with a brake. Made for some exciting work with 3/4 yard of concrete in the bucket. I was so happy when one of the tracks broke and it could only go in a circle.
Fun to see this equipment still doing what they were designed to do. I just wonder that with the high end motorhomes in the backround, this must be a rich man's hobby. Maybe I'm wrong.
Maybe so, but any DIY guy with a good understanding of mechanics and has access to a lathe, and throw in some carpentry skills, by in large this isn’t a super expensive hobby esp if there’s a club that pull funds and skills together to pull it off. Probably a lot of retirees hanging out.
Maintaining and certifying a steam boiler is expensive and potentially dangerous. There was a boiler explosion at a fair that killed people partly because it was old.
@@AdamantineAxe You're Right. Boiler Explosions Were NOT UNCOMMON In Those Days, Especially On Steam Locomotives. That's Why The Shovel Was A 2-Man Operation. With The Shovel Operator Doing The Digging And Loading, And The Fireman Tending The Boiler With Wood Or Coal, And Water; Making Sure The Proper Boiler Pressure Didn't Get Too High. Because Working A Shovel Alone Could Be Risky...
Is steam the motive force for all operations? The swiveling of the cab, the extension of the arm? Trying to figure out how all those movements are powered.
A Marion is right up the roja from me in New Ham Shire. I'd like to get it going. I do some hp steamwork so it is not above me to handle a shovel like that. I am looking for advice and noledge for restoring one.
Hi, @naurfang - we're putting together an exhibit at our museum about digging the Cape Cod Canal. We'd love to be able to use this video to show our visitors what a steam shovel of that era would have looked like, sounded like, etc. Can we have permission to show this video in our exhibit?
An EXCELLENT POSTING Indeed. It's No Wonder Little Boys Like Me, (And Even Now As Old Codgers), Could Watch That Shovel Work For An Hour, And Stay GLUED To Observing It Operate. VERY GOOD POSTING, Especially With The Chain Driven MACK Dump Truck Being Loaded. Obviously A 2-Man Operation Machine, Having One Guy Keeping The Steam Powered Boiler Fire Going, Loaded With Wood Or Coal To Keep Running...
Nice steam showel! I have a question; is this machine one-man-operated, or two-man-operated? One to drive and one for shoveling coal into the boiler? If you think about a trainengine, the stoaker is more or less constantly shoveling coal to keep the fire going.
rand....same here. I think I read that same book.....steam shovel dug a hole but couldn't get out and ended up being the stove in the basement to heat the owner's house. There is a small steam shovel at the end of my road, owned by a big company. They moved it somehow so it may still run.
@@gregblackburn4280 ...it was Mike Mulligan, Mary Anne and some others......... (if you don't know, you don't know) To this day my favorite children's story.
My story with old steam shovels goes back to when I was a kid. Remember one being off to the side of road as we went to and from our winter and spring vacation spot a hundred miles or so east of San Diego year after year. It just sat there abandoned. Its housing or cab was made out of wood and painted yellow or gold with a smokestack on top like this. Don't know what make or manufacturer. The time frame would be 1970-74. We only stopped going after my grandfather sold his lot that his RV trailer sat on. It was still there after our very last visit.
I bet the gang made good use of that boiler on lunch breaks. A good high fat low fibre diet. Must have been a shock for some when diesel power came in, like now only the digger driver keeps warm.
For a lot of early motor vehicles, chain drive was stronger and more reliable than gear driven back axles, largely due to the limited metallurgy and casting techniques of the day. Scammell, in GB persisted in chain drive into the 1930's. Must admit, that Bulldog Mack needs a coat of paint!
There Were MORE Than Just One That Was Used On The Panama Canal, And They Were A LOT BIGGER. And It Moved Along A Railroad, Where The Entire Road Bed Was Hoisted And Slid To Different Heights As The Passages We're Cleared Away. PBS Had An "American Experience" Show About It's Construction, And Even Teddy Roosevelt Had A Photo OP With Him Manning The Controls Of One Of The Shovels Of The Day...
Steam machines work verry wel but they are mighty inefficient, both in fuel to work conversion and maintance. But compared to diesel-hydrolic and electric, they have a soul.
Hats off to the folks getting this beast to run again.
👍🔥🌶🎩
How do you know that? It could be entirely new and made as a recreation
One of my favourite childhood books brought to life… Mike Mulligan’s Steam Shovel…. 🤗👍🏼👍🏼
Same here. I'm from Sweden and remember that book so well!
@@MatsBengtsson - I’m 59 years old and read that book when I was in elementary school. One of my favorite books of that time.
Now it's a furnace in the basement....
I loved that book as well! First thing l thought of when l saw the thumbnail. 😅
Me too!!
Absolutely amazing! I bet the guy operating it was grinning ear to ear the whole time. I’m surprised at the power and speed of cycle time is actually impressive even now compared to modern machines.
“I bet they were grinning from ear to ear “ 🤣 in all fairness it might have been fun for the first hour lol.
@@Blake4625kHz Maybe he is severely mentally handicapped so he loves it forever
@@extremechimpout well to be fair, we do have this one nut job at work who literally lives and breathes being an operator on equipment 🤣 he talks about operating his personal backhoe at home even- all break long. When I worked in his area, we’d get new guys coming through and I’d say to them ‘watch this’ and get him started on what could very well be hours long convo on machines if not limited by break 🤣 I’d just have to say something like ‘the hydraulics acting choppy in the dozer’ and off he’d go 🤣
@@Blake4625kHz lol is that so Im not a machine operator myself so I wouldnt know but ill take your word for it funny story
Wow, that's much more nimble than I would have ever thought.
That looks cool as hell. Also scary. It's like a mix between a house and a machine.
And to think the Panama Canal was dug with these machines Simply Amazing
Well, the Grand Canal in China, at more than a thousand miles long, was dug with shovels...
To be fair, the Panama Canal was dug with much larger Bucyrus shovels. Bucyrus merged with Erie Steam Shovel (formerly Ball Engine Manufacturing) in 1927, quite some time after the canal was completed. The Shovel in this video looks to be an Erie B built sometime in the late teens or early 20's, but I could be wrong about the dates. However, I can say for sure that it was built on the north side of West 12th street between Washington and Weschler Avenues in Erie, Pa. That Shovel propelled itself about a block west of there to a rail line where it loaded itself aboard for shipment to its new owner.
@@VideoDotGoogleDotComis that all? Here in England over 4000 miles of canal was dug. All by hand!
Emperor Nero attempted digging the Corinth Canal with a golden hoe ... 😂
Nice, could watch that all day, sure makes you appreciate the hard work our ancestors accomplished with this old equipment
Weird to think that to them, these things were amazing
@@cantcomeupwithausern they are amazing. I'd like to see you do better.
Steam Shovels are the absolute coolest machines every made.
It amazing how much work they got done with that equipment in the old days,it was probably state of art equipment for the times.
В России на таком работают и сегодня .
@@Подільськесело that's pretty cool lol
@@onegrumpyboi2914 Весь світ сміється над Россією .🇺🇦
@@Подільськесело хохляцкий балабол!
@@Подільськесело Steam powered lada 😂
Молодцы, сохранить такую технику, в таком состоянии 👍👍👍🤝
Кажется на экскаваторе двигатель паровой но могу ошибатся
@@ЛаураМуратова-л3т Не кажется, а совершенно точно!
А гусеничная то платформа вроде как современная? На чем он стоял раньше?
@@pojiloybivis9421 погуглил, вроде на ней и стоял.
Thank you for sharing this. I only seen black and white movies of these machines working now I know how complicated they are
Absolutely beautiful! I've only ever seen cannibalized rusted wrecks before. To see one in action, in this condition, is amazing!
In 1989 I traveled to the fireman's home and museum in Hudson NY and watched three steam pumpers from the turn of the 20th century in action. What a sight chugging along, and they were not working hard pumping water through a 2 1/2 inch hose with a straight bore tip nozzle.
I could watch that all day. Talented Operator. He's got some hours behind him. Cool trucks too!
Just blows my mind that men and women keep these machines up.. beutifull.. thank you all
In Australia we had a kids programme called Mr Squiggle, a puppet who had a friend “Steamshovel” who enthusiastically puffed steam (white smoke) over everyone. He looked very similar to Errie.
Great to see the steam shovel in action and check out the design.
Thanks!
Old tech might be alot slower to today's tech, but is was built to do the job and last a long long time. Maybe we need to take a couple steps backwards to keep going forwards. Fantastic video
Brings a whole new meaning to low and slow.
I'm really "diggin" those old trucks too, really nice!
Вот это крутой трактор,на паровых котлах.Одна толстая труба с дымом,чего стоит.Шутка!Хорошее видео!😊
I’d like to see that second dump truck brought back to its former glory.
Old construction vehicles still going strong. Like some I know playing with similar rc vehicles. People happy playing with toys no matter the scale.
Just amazing, how the hell one can think like that. Given time and effort, nothing is impossible in the world.
Liked you video. We have a show in Brownsville, PA that has a Thew steam shovel that came from Canada. Our Erie steam shovel being rebuilt.
The company I worked for back in the 1970's had a Link-Belt crane made in 1949. The line out was a free fall with a brake. Made for some exciting work with 3/4 yard of concrete in the bucket. I was so happy when one of the tracks broke and it could only go in a circle.
Прямая лопата-она до середины 90-х ещё использовалась.На базе драглайна-у нас была одна такая.сантехники её брали и копала и монтировала трубы.
Used to love these as a kid
Cool. I'll bet there are not many of these working steam shovels left in the world.
I remember a project dug out with one of these in Auckland , NZ in the 50's. They were also used to dig drainage canals in swamp land.
Freaking awesome all those old equipment.....some things never get old do they....
What a beautiful old machine
Fun to see this equipment still doing what they were designed to do. I just wonder that with the high end motorhomes in the backround, this must be a rich man's hobby. Maybe I'm wrong.
Most likely you’re correct
Maybe so, but any DIY guy with a good understanding of mechanics and has access to a lathe, and throw in some carpentry skills, by in large this isn’t a super expensive hobby esp if there’s a club that pull funds and skills together to pull it off. Probably a lot of retirees hanging out.
@@Blake4625kHz As long as they help each others and have a good time.
Maintaining and certifying a steam boiler is expensive and potentially dangerous. There was a boiler explosion at a fair that killed people partly because it was old.
@@AdamantineAxe You're Right. Boiler Explosions Were NOT UNCOMMON In Those Days, Especially On Steam Locomotives. That's Why The Shovel Was A 2-Man Operation. With The Shovel Operator Doing The Digging And Loading, And The Fireman Tending The Boiler With Wood Or Coal, And Water; Making Sure The Proper Boiler Pressure Didn't Get Too High. Because Working A Shovel Alone Could Be Risky...
I could listen to this on loop and sleep really good
Is steam the motive force for all operations? The swiveling of the cab, the extension of the arm? Trying to figure out how all those movements are powered.
Yes. The steam is the motive power for all operations on a piece of equipment such as this.
Gotta love how the old power equipment is both a loading boom and a hunting shack.
That's awesome great video old school always rules 😀
Das war noch richtig Baggerfahren!😆❤️👍
makes me long to return to an era i never experienced
ショベルが蒸気で動いていた時代が有ったなんて信じられない。まるで生き物のようだ。
"What do you do for a living?"
"I pretend to be working all day"
I adore everything winds up & down with the momentum, opposed to a constant force like hydraulics.
":You are not my Mother! You are a Snort! " ...you get it or you don't.
Love that ole Mack!!!
GREAT OLD MACHINES THAT ARE AMERICAN ENGINEERING GENIUS🙏❤😁AMEN !
A Marion is right up the roja from me in New Ham Shire. I'd like to get it going. I do some hp steamwork so it is not above me to handle a shovel like that. I am looking for advice and noledge for restoring one.
Super bien y muchas gracias por conservar estos maquinarias excelente mecánicos
Hi, @naurfang - we're putting together an exhibit at our museum about digging the Cape Cod Canal. We'd love to be able to use this video to show our visitors what a steam shovel of that era would have looked like, sounded like, etc. Can we have permission to show this video in our exhibit?
An EXCELLENT POSTING Indeed. It's No Wonder Little Boys Like Me, (And Even Now As Old Codgers), Could Watch That Shovel Work For An Hour, And Stay GLUED To Observing It Operate. VERY GOOD POSTING, Especially With The Chain Driven MACK Dump Truck Being Loaded. Obviously A 2-Man Operation Machine, Having One Guy Keeping The Steam Powered Boiler Fire Going, Loaded With Wood Or Coal To Keep Running...
Это просто нечто 👍
these, the steam tractors and the first bulldozers are some of the hoolest machines ever made.
Piękna i wspaniała maszyna :)
Nice steam showel! I have a question; is this machine one-man-operated, or two-man-operated? One to drive and one for shoveling coal into the boiler? If you think about a trainengine, the stoaker is more or less constantly shoveling coal to keep the fire going.
You can see the two guys operating it!
Почему экскаватор на пару, а авто на ДВС?
ВОТ ЭТО ЭКСКАВАТОР , не то что сейчас экскаваторы .
Не экскаватор, а паровая лопата!
Can anyone tell if only the shovel works on the steam or both with the motor track .
Now that is a steam shovel!
汽笛を鳴らしてくれたら素敵😍
Pretty kool 2C old machinery still at work. 👍
uma maravilha dessa e o interesse de cada heróis bandeirante dos tempo primitivo nota 10
Where’s that ticking coming from?
Beautiful ✨
Listening to my mother read books to me when I was little, I still to this day call excavators steam shovels.
rand....same here. I think I read that same book.....steam shovel dug a hole but couldn't get out and ended up being the stove in the basement to heat the owner's house.
There is a small steam shovel at the end of my road, owned by a big company. They moved it somehow so it may still run.
@@gregblackburn4280 ...it was Mike Mulligan, Mary Anne and some others......... (if you don't know, you don't know) To this day my favorite children's story.
Yep, I read Mike Mulligan and Mary Ane too. Took me years to realise why she had that name........
@@JohnDavies-cn3ro Vaguely remember: who are those and why those names?
@@gregblackburn4280 "Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel" by Virginia Lee Burton
Even though this was for fun you can tell. Back then even the operators worked hard all day unlike our creature comforts now!
My story with old steam shovels goes back to when I was a kid. Remember one being off to the side of road as we went to and from our winter and spring vacation spot a hundred miles or so east of San Diego year after year. It just sat there abandoned. Its housing or cab was made out of wood and painted yellow or gold with a smokestack on top like this. Don't know what make or manufacturer. The time frame would be 1970-74. We only stopped going after my grandfather sold his lot that his RV trailer sat on. It was still there after our very last visit.
Умели же делать!!!👍🏻
Липецкая область, г Грязи был в конце 70х почти такой на угольном складе, правда работал на мазуте и на ЖД ходу, но что паровик был, сто процентов!
And that's how countries got build folks!
I bet the gang made good use of that boiler on lunch breaks. A good high fat low fibre diet. Must have been a shock for some when diesel power came in, like now only the digger driver keeps warm.
🇧🇷 Simplesmente Espetacular!!!!
I love ❤️ those equipment
Anybody know where this was or where a running /usable steam shovel is ?
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貴重な動画。この重機は燃料が石炭、蒸気ショベル❓1人が積み込み操作、もう1人が燃料の石炭を焚べる。蒸気機関車みたいですね。おそらく戦前(第二次世界大戦)のモノでしょう。
В эту технику не внесли "запланированного устаревания" ( изобретение Ротшильда).
Is this the same machine at the sycamore Illinois steam show?
Conheço mineração que trabalham com máquina nesse estilo, so que maior e totalmente eletrica, no Pará 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
А что за марка экскаватора?
You look amazing
Why has chain drive been popular for so long?
For a lot of early motor vehicles, chain drive was stronger and more reliable than gear driven back axles, largely due to the limited metallurgy and casting techniques of the day. Scammell, in GB persisted in chain drive into the 1930's.
Must admit, that Bulldog Mack needs a coat of paint!
Were this place..
The infancy of the industrial revolution.
I want that CHAIN DRIVE MACH TRUCK....
I bet it smells lovely
Very original show with the building mashine od the end the 19.age, before new diesel power.
Are you my mother?
For whatever reason, I always though that the steam shovel was a good guess. Lol
Was this in Blyth, Ontario?
I keep expecting to see Mickey Mouse operating the steam shovel.
You would have to have a Mickey Mouse brain to wanna operate one of these all day long back in the day 🤣
Notice the chain drive on the dump truck.
Anybody else think of Mike Mulligan and his Steam shovel? Or I’m I the only old bastard in here?!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
They built the Panama canal with one of those shovels
There Were MORE Than Just One That Was Used On The Panama Canal, And They Were A LOT BIGGER. And It Moved Along A Railroad, Where The Entire Road Bed Was Hoisted And Slid To Different Heights As The Passages We're Cleared Away. PBS Had An "American Experience" Show About It's Construction, And Even Teddy Roosevelt Had A Photo OP With Him Manning The Controls Of One Of The Shovels Of The Day...
That is too cool.
That was the vehicles if they would existed in the Industrial Revolution.
Вот экскаватор паровой.
Он роет землю головой.
И тучей носятся за ним
Огонь, и пар, и пыль, и дым.
Old but still good
Это в какой-то американской колонии?
из какого дурдома сбежал?
Parabéns! 👏👏
My thoughts exactly:-)
Imagine, that was high Tec once upon a time.
El segundo camion es a cadena
Why cant I be a steam shovel ?
Its Bana Yaga's tank. ;)
Steam machines work verry wel but they are mighty inefficient, both in fuel to work conversion and maintance. But compared to diesel-hydrolic and electric, they have a soul.
Geez, and I "thought" that Canada had better technology... 😂😂😂😂😂.... BTW this is really cool....