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Donald W. Frantz
Softcover
128 pages
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Erie Shovel Photo Archive
$44.95
Erie was one of America’s major manufacturers of steam-powered excavators, eventually becoming part of Bucyrus-Erie. Includes every Erie model at work on mining and construction projects. An outstanding collection of photos from the company’s archive, now preserved by the Historic Construction Equipment Assn.
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