A steam shovel found embedded in the bottom of Wixom Lake in October 2020 is well on its way to being fully restored. Mike Oberloier, of Beaverton, who now owns the shovel, recently displayed parts of ...

I became captivated by steam shovels as a tiny tot. How could I not after having “Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shove”l by Virginia Lee Burton read to me multiple times. I am sure I was not the only one ...

The cable-operated excavator is the earliest documented self-powered machine ever used to move earth. Its earliest form, the steam shovel, has roots going back to the very first mechanical excavator, ...

Now that the state has sold the 44-acre site of the Idaho Transportation Department headquarters on State Street, what will become of the old steam shovel that’s housed there now? Scott ...

One of just two left in the world, will under go a lengthy restoration process After displaying it in an upcoming festival, Mike Oberloier will begin disassembling a nearly extinct machine for a ...

MIDLAND, Mich. (WJRT) - A rarity uncovered after last year’s Edenville Dam breach emptied Wixom lake is in for a full restoration: a century-old steam shovel pulled from the lakebed. The Thew Type O ...

Burton's much-loved tale about Mike Mulligan and the hardworking steam shovel is recast as a symphony program for kids, with an original classical score. Simon conducts strings, woodwinds and ...

Marion County will celebrate the 200th Anniversary of its founding this year. As part of those celebrations, assorted “Moments and Memories” from the past 200 years will be shared every Saturday in ...

Photograph of a rail mounted steam shovel loading dump cars for two waiting steam locomotives. The hillside next to the shovel and locomotives appears to have already had dirt cut out of it. Steam ...

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Lifeline Theatre. Prolific children’s-book author Virginia Lee Burton grappled with her own fear of technology by personifying machines. In her stories, full of ...