This Erie Steam Shovel Type B was built in 1925. It's not ready to retire yet. Here it is moving dirt at the International Plowing Match in Teeswater, Ontario in 2008.
Seeing that immediately brought "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" to mind. It was one of my favorite childhood books.
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The grandpappy of the Krupp Digging Machine, no doubt!
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