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A 'quicker' way to dig: although it took 10 years for the idea to come to be, the first truck-mounted shovel had its own niche for more than 30 years

Authors :
Haddock, Keith
Source :
Construction Equipment. Nov, 2004, Vol. 107 Issue 11, p70, 1 p.
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

In 1919, a young engineer named Luke E. Smith was watching a crawler-mounted shovel on a road job in some of the highest mountain country in Colorado between Durango and [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01923978
Volume :
107
Issue :
11
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
Construction Equipment
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.126013166