Marion Steam Shovel

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish) 03/02/2019 at 19:48 • Filed to: external combustion engine

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I had no idea there were any functioning steam shovels in BC, this is cool as hell.

facw > gmctavish needs more space 03/02/2019 at 20:02

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Needs more eyes on the scoop:

gmctavish needs more space > facw 03/02/2019 at 20:17

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First thing I thought of too. I loved that book as a kid

facw > gmctavish needs more space 03/02/2019 at 20:28

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I did as well, thought it’s sort of a depressing story if you think about it.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > facw 03/02/2019 at 20:45

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I had that book as well

facw > gmctavish needs more space 03/02/2019 at 20:52

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Also, in a somewhat related note, one of my favorite things about Civilization V was the modern version of the Great Engineer unit:

I’m about 90% sure it was a reference.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > facw 03/02/2019 at 21:08

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I loved that book

Agrajag > facw 03/02/2019 at 21:16

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Came here to post this. Nice. 

ranwhenparked > facw 03/02/2019 at 21:54

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It gets even more depressing when you realize that what was left of Mary Anne would have eventually been cut up for scrap in the 1970s or 80s , in favor of a more efficient heating system for the town hall.

facw > ranwhenparked 03/02/2019 at 21:58

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Yep, you aren’t going to be finding many coal fired boilers around today, especially makeshift ones made from obsolete construction equipment. Even if they had her converted to natural gas, she’d be done by now. Her only defense is potentially being too expensive to remove for scrap value.

ranwhenparked > facw 03/02/2019 at 22:02

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Or, maybe kept as a town landmark or something. But, yeah, recycling as a ca 50% efficient heating plant is a solution that only made sense in the ‘30s. 

Berang > gmctavish needs more space 03/08/2019 at 01:14

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I’ve never thought about it till now, but how did they get water into these when they were working? I’m guessing they’d send a tanker truck of water over, but then what?

gmctavish needs more space > Berang 03/08/2019 at 02:10

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That’s a really good question....maybe a temporary water tower at big sites? I imagine it would have to be a similar setup to trains, or steam trucks. However steam trucks got water, don’t know how that works either. 

Berang > gmctavish needs more space 03/08/2019 at 10:26

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My understanding is trucks, rollers, etc. would get them from fire hydrants - it’s technically still public water supply, even if it’s hands off today. But shovels would usually be working in areas not built up yet.