steam shovel

Historical Examples of steam-shovel

• "We ought to have brought a steam-shovel along," said Rainey.

  A Man to His Mate

  J. Allan Dunn

• But how would you, say, assert yourself against a medieval steam-shovel?

  The Ego Machine

  Henry Kuttner

• But strength plows its scornful way through temperament like a steam-shovel.

  I, Mary MacLane

  Mary MacLane

• A steam-shovel driven by a certain horse-power would be nearly three times as effective there as here.

  Curiosities of the Sky

  Garrett Serviss

• The result was that records of steam-shovel performances were made eclipsing everything that had gone before.

  The Panama Canal

  Frederic Jennings Haskin