2-horse team pulls contractors dump wagon into position for two scoops
from a self-propelled steam shovel
Rock and large clay clumps of soil await removal as the next wagon moves
into position
The draft horses seem undisturbed from the noise of the rail mounted &
coal fired steam shovel
Narrow gauge rails provide for the horse drawn side-dump cars
A fresh supply of coal for the boiler. Note the worker on the hill
loosening soil for the shovel
A 2-horse team moves dump cars on horizontal tracks toward a steam
donkey cable-pull
A Steam Donkey cable-pull attaches to the side-dump rail cars for
hoisting up the slope
A Steam Donkey cable-pull lowers rip rap on narrow gauge dump car
Rails allow for soil movement when wet soil condition prevent haul team
from moving contractor dump wagons
Note the cable alongside the near tract that is attached to a Steam
Donkey at hill top
Two horses, two scoops
One horse, one scoop
One horse, one scoop
Mfg. in South Milwaukee, The Bucyrus Co. (#465) steam shovel crew pauses
for pictures and a cold drink
Dual Pick-Lines straddle the excavation pit
Rail mounted and heavily ballasted pick-line derrick
Pick-Line delivers supplies to the pit floor
Steam powered concrete mixer delivers concrete to pit floor by narrow
gauge rails cars
A cable excavator uses a hinged bucket to move pit floor soil to the
dump hopper for transport by haul teams
High wind caused extra hazards to the excavation workers
Supplies arrive in preparation for reservoir floor construction
Soil hauled using the F.C. Austin Mfg. Co., Contractors Dump wagon
manufactured in Chicago, Il
Contractors dump wagon, right side
Contractors dump wagon, left side
2-horse haul teams pull dump wagons with 2-wheeled dirt scraper in the
background
12-horse team, Western Wagon Loader and Elevating Grader by the Western
Wheeled Scraper Co. Aurora, IL
A driver for each of the two, forward 4-horse haul teams accompany the
two grader operators
Not used at GCWW but displayed to demonstrate a 12-horse haul team
Excavating with a 12-horse haul team, 8 pulling, 4 pushing a Western
Wagon Loader and Elevating Grader.
Managing 12 horses to pull uniformly is a HUGE task and requires a full
time trainer to accompany the pull
Front-view showing the elevator used to fill the dump wagons
Reversible Road Roller, Enterprise Mfg. Co., Columbiana, Ohio, used for
soil compaction
12-horse team, 8 pulling, 4 pushing reversible road roller as survey
engineer adjust the grade
12-horse team pulls a reversible road roller with 3-horse teams pulling
wheeled scrapers in background
8-horse team pulling reversible road roller with single driver
Lindelof 2-wheeled steam roller and a 3-horse team pulling an Austin
Steel Reversible Road Machine
Late Lindelof (or Pioneer), Barber, or early Iroquois steam power roller
Late Lindelof (or Pioneer), Barber, or early Iroquois steam power roller
with timber constructed on-site water storage
Late Lindelof (or Pioneer), Barber, or early Iroquois steam power roller
Single-cylinder O. S. Kelly 15-ton roller fitted with power steering
assist, (1892–3).
Single-cylinder Kelly 15-ton roller fitted with power steering assist.
Predates the Kelly-Springfield rollers from 1902.
Single-cylinder Kelly 15-ton roller fitted with power steering assist.
Taking on water
Water delivery for both the horses and the steam roller
A 6-ton Late Lindelof (or Pioneer), Barber, or early Iroquois
12-ton Harrisburg Roller built by the Harrisburg Car Manufacturing
Company of Harrisburg, PA
Wheeled Barrows, Sidney Scrapers and wood frame steel tray barrows from
Sidney Ohio
A 2-horse team, adjustable grading scraper used at River Station
2-horse teams pulling Sidney scrapers await a change-out to a fresh team
on the left
2-horse team pulling wheeled barrows working in close proximity to each
other
Lindelof 2-wheeled steam roller (background) with scrapers and wheeled
barrows in the foreground
Austin Steel Reversible Road Machine used for surface grading
4-horse team pulling a reversible road machine grader
Traffic path for moving soil and equipment to and from the excavation
area.
Full steam ahead for the three-wheeled roller
The 2-horse team hauling workers receives assistance from the Steam
Donkey cable pull at top of hill
Contractors Road Plow used to loosen soil
8-horse team pulling contractors plow
8-horse team pulling contractors plow, close-up, with a fresh team to
the left
Steam donkey cable pull used to hoist buckets of soil from the settling
pond excavations
Note water supply for steam engines at hill top
Shelter covering entrance for tunnel construction
