Historical Construction Equipment Association
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HCEA PONY Chapter
Northeast Ohio - Northwest Pennsylvania - Northwest New York
HCEA Ohio Valley Chapter
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Harrison Coal + Reclamation Park
Eastern Ohio - Southwest Pennsylvania
Brownsville PA Equipment Shows
Brownsville 2003 Saturday
Brownsville 2003 Sunday
Brownsville 2000
Revised March 10, 2002
These photos are from the 2 shows held in 2000by the National Pike Steam, Gas and Horse Association,
Brownsville PA, south of Pittsburgh.
National Pike has hosted 2 HCEA national conventions, in 1993 and 1999,
both of which were memorable.
However, even when the HCEA is not officially present,
National Pike hosts a large number of impressive earth moving machines,
from a wide range of years.
HCEA National Convention 1999
Revised March 11, 2002
Here are photos from the HCEA National Convention,held in Brownsville in August, 1999.
It was an awesome show.
Gallery
Dunbar + Sullivan Steam Derrick
Revised March 10, 2002
A large Clyde floating steam derrick / dredge, photographed in 1980.
Bucyrus-Erie 50-B
Revised March 10, 2002
This Bucyus-Erie 50-B steam shovel, one of 2 operable ones known to exist,was owned by Bill Rudicill, current HCEA president.
He has since donated it to the Rollag Steam Show.
Crane Gallery
Revised March 10, 2002
Cranes found in the wild, some active, some recently shut down.
Old Equipment Ads
Revised April 5, 2002
Old Equipment Ads from Tom Martin
Construction RayTraces
Revised March 11, 2002
Some construction-oriented ray traces I have done.
Saegertown 2000
Revised March 10, 2002
This album duplicates the page for theHCEA Erie area chapter, plus additional images.
Silver Spade
The largest shovel remaining active today.There is an active effort to preserve it when it is retired.
Marion 7400
It was planned to preserve this machine along with The Silver Spade.Unfortunately, it was scrapped due to inflexible reclamation laws.
1927 Bucyrus-Erie Dredge
Revised March 11, 2002
This large single-ended dredge was built by Bucyrus or Bucyrus-Erie in 1927,the same year as the merger of Bucyrus with Erie to form Bucyrus-Erie,
and is still going strong after 73 years, apparently without significant modification.
It was one of two identical units built for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company,
and has been a regular fixture on Lake Erie for most of its life.
It was recently sold to Lake Michigan Contractors,
who renumbered it, and changed the window trim color from white to yellow.
It was built with diesel-electric power, when this technology was in its infancy,
before diesel-electric locomotives had been developed beyond the prototype stage.
It has a 9 cylinder diesel in the hold, producing 600 volt DC power,
similar to an old trolley car, to operate all functions.
Rated capacity is a 10 to 12 cubic yard bucket, and weight of a single bite
of wet river bottom muck is reported as 25 tons.
The dredge is designed to be reasonably seaworthy, for moving between harbors.
To improve stability during these transits, the boom can be swung around 180 degrees,
and rested on the crutch above the cabin.
A clever design allows disconnecting the A-frame from the hull,
and supporting it from brackets atop the revolving house,
to avoid interfering with the reversal.
The circular revolving house is wood sided, apparently to reduce topweight for stability.
Photo Index
HCEA Erie Area Chapter Website:
www.nesys.org/HCEA/hcea_erie.html
HCEA Ohio Valley Chapter Website:
www.nesys.org/HCEA/hceaovc.html
HCEA USA Website:
www.hcea.net
Pioneer Steam & Gas Engine Society (Saegertown) Website:
little-mountain.com/pioneer
Photos by:
Dave Merchant
John Merchant
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