steam shovel
Old excavation equipment
A steam shovel is a large excavating machine powered by a steam engine, with a crane-mounted bucket for digging earth and rock.
Steam shovels were essential to major construction projects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Panama Canal.
They have been replaced by diesel and hydraulic excavators, but the term persists nostalgically: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
Heavy digging machinery
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
- excavatorMachine that digs earth
- loaderOne who fills containers
dump truck · grader · crane · heavy equipment · caterpillar · contractor · worksite · infrastructure
Open-top carrying vessel
- scoopFirst-reported story
- diggingRemoving earth below
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- earthmovingRelocating soil mechanically
quarry · pit · dredging · tunneling · mining · foundation · grading · earthwork
Hyphenated feminine given name
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
- industrial revolutionRapid economic mechanization period
- railroad eraPeriod of train dominance
Panama Canal · Marion · preservation · museum · heritage · obsolete · replaced · mechanization
Water-heating vessel
- engineMachine producing motion
- pistonReciprocating cylinder component
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- pressureForce upon contact
fuel · coal · firebox · throttle · horsepower · torque · combustion · mechanical
earthmover
Heavy digging machinery
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
- excavatorMachine that digs earth
loader · dump truck · grader · crane · heavy equipment · caterpillar · contractor · worksite · infrastructure · railroad
bucket
Open-top carrying vessel
earthmoving · quarry · pit · dredging · tunneling · mining · foundation · grading · earthwork · groundwork
crane
Lifter or wader
cab · operator · levers · pulley · bucket · treads · chassis · winch · rigging · swivel
Mary Anne
Hyphenated feminine given name
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
- industrial revolutionRapid economic mechanization period
railroad era · Panama Canal · Marion · preservation · museum · heritage · obsolete · replaced · mechanization · nineteenth century
boiler
Water-heating vessel
- engineMachine producing motion
- pistonReciprocating cylinder component
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
pressure · fuel · coal · firebox · throttle · horsepower · torque · combustion · mechanical · hydraulics
- digging toolsspade, pickaxe, mattock, hoe, trowel
- steamsteamboat, steamship, locomotive, boiler, sauna
- diggersexcavator, backhoe, spade, pickaxe, bulldozer
- excavatorsexcavator, mini excavator, backhoe
- steam powerboiler, boilers, locomotive, locomotives, James Watt
- steam vehiclessteamboat, steamship, riverboat
steam shovelspade
Flat-bladed digging implement
pick and shovel · hand tools · mattock · trowel · garden spade
steam, shove, shovel, steaming, steamed, shoving, steamer, shoveling, shoves