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 ...

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 ...

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