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scott reston
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Web dev, gadget geek, music lover, cyclist, camper, tinkerer, home automation enthusiast. Chief pilot at Raleigh Riders
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Because we Always Read the Plaque, we learned about this neat steam shovel - the only existing Bucyrus 50-B steam shovel that helped dig the Panama Canal. It's currently located in Nederland, CO @99pi.org @romanmars.bsky.social
Photo of a Bucyrus 50-B steam shovel 1923 PANAMA CANAL STEAM SHOVEL BUCYRUS MODEL 50-B The only Bucyrus model 50-B still existing, this 1923 steam shovel weighs 130.000 pounds and is rated at 75 tons. 534 Bucyrus and Bucyrus Drie 50-B shovels were built between 1923 and 1939. They were among the largest tracked steam shovels in the world at that time. Until 1932 most were steam powered and moved on railroad tracks. In 1923, crawler tracks were added to the 50 B model, creating the first heavy duty. 360-degree rotation mobile shovels. This shovel. with 24 others, was sent to the Panama Canal to build bridges, roads. and drains and remove the massive amounts of dirt and rock cut from the canal bed. All the shovels but one were scrapped at Panama. The survivor was shipped back to California and then brought to Denver. In the early 1950s it was transported to Rollinsville by Roy and Russell Durand, who operated it at the Lump Gulch Placer, six miles south of Nederland, until 1978. The shovel was donated by Steve and Laurel Higgins to the Nederland Mining Museum. On October 21, 2005 the shovel was moved from Lump Gulch to the Nederland Mining Museum. This national treasure links a historic engineering achievement, the industrial revolution of the United States, local history of Colorado mining, and good old fashioned hard work by two brothers trying to achieve the American dream. Today it is the largest operating steam shovel in the United States.
June 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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So lovely to see Mac McCaughan join @gangoffour.bsky.social at the @catscradlenc.bsky.social last night. Jim Wilbur was at the show, too! Gang of Four is as pertinent and vibrant as they've ever been.
Mac McCaughan of Superchunk fame joins Gang of Four on stage. Ted Leo, also pictured, did an awesome job filling Andy Gills shoes.
April 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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A rainbow I saw during my bike ride
November 7, 2024 at 8:04 PM