Thanks, Merle! You know I love steam shovels!
They are interesting to watch, and in the first video it seems that the learning curve is steep.You can see why the hydraulic excavator pushed the steam shovel aside. Still cool.
It would be interesting to test the grip and bicep strength of operators today vs a century ago.
Yes. And I bet the same thing would apply to a switch tower operator at a busy rail yard in the days of manual only operation!
They are interesting to watch, and in the first video it seems that the learning curve is steep.
ReplyDeleteYou can see why the hydraulic excavator pushed the steam shovel aside.
Still cool.
It would be interesting to test the grip and bicep strength of operators today vs a century ago.
DeleteYes. And I bet the same thing would apply to a switch tower operator at a busy rail yard in the days of manual only operation!
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