MIDLAND, Mich. (WJRT) - A rarity uncovered after last year’s Edenville Dam breach emptied Wixom lake is in for a full restoration: a century-old steam shovel pulled from the lakebed. The Thew Type O ...

A steam shovel found embedded in the bottom of Wixom Lake in October 2020 is well on its way to being fully restored. Mike Oberloier, of Beaverton, who now owns the shovel, recently displayed parts of ...

The vintage steam shovel that for the last nine years has sat outside the Nederland Mining Museum took a long, circuitous route to the small Boulder County mountain town. The steam shovel’s first stop ...

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Oct. 26 (UPI) --A steam shovel that had been submerged in a Michigan lake for nearly a century has been returned to dry land and is being restored. Mike Oberloier said he dreamed of removing the steam ...

One of just two left in the world, will under go a lengthy restoration process After displaying it in an upcoming festival, Mike Oberloier will begin disassembling a nearly extinct machine for a ...

DARLINGTON — Ninety-three years after it rolled off the production line in Beaver Falls, a rare vintage steam shovel has returned to Beaver County, thanks to an Ohio collector and a group of history ...