OK, help me out here as Im trying to understand these old beauties. The engine runs on coal, and the boom/arm/bucket trap door run from pressurised steam instead of hydraulic fluid, correct? Thanks.
@drub205dine269 The equipment has passed to other club members, but nobody is in a hurry to paint out his name. He did an awful lot for machinery preservation in PA.
The Erie B at Brownsville now is not Dean's, that one was a high front, and sold somewhere out east. This one was owned by Rusty McGinness, of Dover OH. He showed it at various shows for many years, when he got too old he donated it to the club. Wish I had good videos of him operating it, he was a real master.
ahh i love national pike! went for 2004 2007 and 2010 least by my picture but im sure ive went more than that!
in my mind its the only tractor show that has realy grown in these hard times! its always a pleasure and a privlage to watch them old shovels and trucks haulin dirt!
Barnhart and Huber were the founders of Marion Steam Shovel, while this machine was built by Ball Engine Co. in Erie PA., one of the components of Bucyrus-Erie. Erie was a standardized production line product, while Marion was more of a handcrafted machine, both were excellent. Both companies built similar but different machines, had to avoid each others patents. What is the patent number you are referring to?
The patent # is 285,100 patented on Sept 18, 1883 by Henry M Barnhart and Edward Huber. I have a copy of the patent sheet I was editing for my dad. (my grandmother is a Barnhart, which is why we're interested in this information).
Excellent video. I've seen plenty of stills of steam shovels but never real footage of one working. The operator times it nicely on the drop and fill. A real treat.
OK, help me out here as Im trying to understand these old beauties. The engine runs on coal, and the boom/arm/bucket trap door run from pressurised steam instead of hydraulic fluid, correct? Thanks.
lugger2010 1 week ago
@lugger2010 Everything runs on steam, except that the bucket door is just a latch that you open by pulling the trip rope.
SteamCrane 1 week ago
Existem talvez 6 ou 8 destas maravilhosas maquinas entregues à ferrugem e ao descaso no cais do porto, em Porto Alegre RS, Brasil.
MrBomdapampa 2 months ago
I was in Brownsville PA in 1988 .alot of the equipment at that time belonged to Dean Redd
drub205dine269 6 months ago
@drub205dine269 The equipment has passed to other club members, but nobody is in a hurry to paint out his name. He did an awful lot for machinery preservation in PA.
The Erie B at Brownsville now is not Dean's, that one was a high front, and sold somewhere out east. This one was owned by Rusty McGinness, of Dover OH. He showed it at various shows for many years, when he got too old he donated it to the club. Wish I had good videos of him operating it, he was a real master.
SteamCrane 6 months ago
how many can it take in the bucket?
slimerus 8 months ago
this is really cool, but thank christ for modern engineering, it looks like it takes forever to do anything with that contraption
madhatter060 8 months ago
whear is the coal hopper and is the bowler huge or small
jeremylee99100 11 months ago
ahh i love national pike! went for 2004 2007 and 2010 least by my picture but im sure ive went more than that!
in my mind its the only tractor show that has realy grown in these hard times! its always a pleasure and a privlage to watch them old shovels and trucks haulin dirt!
gunny556fly 1 year ago
Great stuff . Keep up the good work.
aussiebigbangers 1 year ago
this reminds me of the book Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
OGPc0balt 1 year ago 5
very cool +1
hvguy 2 years ago
Steam ships,shovels, locomotive! the BEST!
mcr0928 2 years ago 2
Nothing is sweeter than steam!
LinnTractorNut 2 years ago 2
nice
durangoandsilverton 2 years ago
bellissimo !!!!
simaritalia 2 years ago
I'm wondering how this relates to the "Traveling Crane" patented by H. M. Barnhart and E. Huber. Is this related in any way to their invention?
stbays 3 years ago
Barnhart and Huber were the founders of Marion Steam Shovel, while this machine was built by Ball Engine Co. in Erie PA., one of the components of Bucyrus-Erie. Erie was a standardized production line product, while Marion was more of a handcrafted machine, both were excellent. Both companies built similar but different machines, had to avoid each others patents. What is the patent number you are referring to?
SteamCrane 3 years ago
The patent # is 285,100 patented on Sept 18, 1883 by Henry M Barnhart and Edward Huber. I have a copy of the patent sheet I was editing for my dad. (my grandmother is a Barnhart, which is why we're interested in this information).
stbays 2 years ago
what year?
vontrop 2 years ago
1926
SteamCrane 2 years ago
Amazing! 10 *********
Todaylight 3 years ago
Booo!!! Marion's were better.
funkeytoad08 3 years ago
HAha
Solechnaya 2 years ago
Production fella's, keep that boiler stocked.
Rameses15th 3 years ago
Excellent video. I've seen plenty of stills of steam shovels but never real footage of one working. The operator times it nicely on the drop and fill. A real treat.
flyingscrapyard 3 years ago
Plaque on the cab says 1927, roughly the time Bucyrus + Erie merged.
SteamCrane 3 years ago
what year?
RussianRailroad 3 years ago