Steam Shovel Westwold BC 2011 Steam show

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This steam shovel was completely buried in a creek bed in the Cariboo where it was used for gold mining.
 

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   / Steam Shovel Westwold BC 2011 Steam show #2  
That is so cool.
 
   / Steam Shovel Westwold BC 2011 Steam show #3  
Got to love the old steam machines. I would love to get a steam traction engine some day.
One thing with steam engines is when you load them up them up they sound like they are saying "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can" and won't give up.
 
   / Steam Shovel Westwold BC 2011 Steam show #4  
Very cool!

Reminds me of one of my favorite books as a kid, Mike Mulligan's Steam Shovel.

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The same author, illustrator Virginia Lee Burton wrote another favorite, The Little House.

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   / Steam Shovel Westwold BC 2011 Steam show #5  
I loved that book also when I was a kid.
 
   / Steam Shovel Westwold BC 2011 Steam show #6  
I doubt if many kids growing up now even know what a steam shovel is. End of social commentary.

Really cool photos. Nice stuff.
 
   / Steam Shovel Westwold BC 2011 Steam show #7  
I saw a documentary on the digging up of that shovel. If it wasnt that one it was a similar story.
 
   / Steam Shovel Westwold BC 2011 Steam show #8  
Thanks for the images and the story. What a treat.
 
 
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