GCWW Excavating  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 Two drivers for the 8-horse pull teams This manufacture was not used at GCWW but is 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 plows 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

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