cool small steam shovel though
http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/2014/02/one-last-post-about-the-great-northern-i-promise.html
Sunday, February 05, 2017
1927, steam shovel assisting in the excavation of a train tunnel... the photo says that it used compressed air instead of overheating the miners with making and releasing steam
cool small steam shovel though
http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/2014/02/one-last-post-about-the-great-northern-i-promise.html
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Read the text in the photo "steam shovel operated by air". There will be a line to a compressor somewhere.
ReplyDeleteAh! good point! Thanks!
DeleteI also read the text on the photo "Main borxxx qn.ay new 8 mile tunnel"... I am confused how you came to conclude that it was a coal mine, when the link only talks about the tunnel?
ReplyDeleteThis is a photo of men digging the "New" Cascade Tunnel which opened in 1929.
I see... good catch! I made the mistake of following along with the narrative of the website this was clipped from http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/page/33/ and if you click on that page, you see why I was thinking darn near everything was coal related. Thanks for the correction!
DeleteThe chap in the white shirt and overalls must be the supervisor :-)
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