Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA)

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Self-propelled railroad pile drivers were built by Industrial Works as early as 1885, as evidenced by this Steam Pile-Driver Car.
Mobile Pile Drivers
Historical Construction Equipment Association Announces New Corporate Memberships
This full-revolving crane, built by Industrial Works in 1886, was the first American-built true locomotive crane.
Locomotive cranes
Powered by a Caterpillar crawler tractor, a steel-wheeled forty-foot industrial version of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc.'s Tractor Crane places roof beams during expansion of LeTourneau's Peoria, IL, offices in January, 1941.
Tractor Cranes Bring Increased Mobility to Early Construction Sites
Starting in the early 1920s, Bay City Dredge Works offered a unique mast to which a backhoe or skimmer boom could be mounted if frequent attachment changes were being made. It was better to mount the attachment directly to the machine; but the mast, which was discontinued in the 1930s, made the process easier.
Interchangeable excavator attachments
Figure 1: F. C. Austin Drainage Excavator Company Templet Levee Builder
Not all ideas pass the test of time
Rated from 1-1/4 to 2 cubic yards, the Type No. 4 was the largest Thew horizontal crowd steam shovel.
The First Horizontal Crowd Shovel
A Keystone Model 4 Skimmer
The advent of the Skimmer
Hcea Shovel Raffle
HCEA Raffling Scale Model of Otis Railroad Shovel
HCEA Announces Three New Corporate Members
The Erie B was one of several models of steam shovels that could be modified for trench work. Note the spreader bar and shoring used to support the rails.
Trench shovels dig the foundation for 19th century infrastructure
The Monighan 1-T was the first dragline to be equipped with walking shoes.
How to move a large dragline
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