[Steam shovel digging trench, near Dallas] – Vintage Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Steam shovel digging trench, near Dallas], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Steam shovel digging trench, near Dallas]
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A steam shovel works a trench on the outskirts of Dallas in this print, with the machine itself as the clear focus. Around 1907, steam-powered excavators like this one were becoming common on American construction sites, where they replaced crews of men with picks and shovels on jobs such as sewer lines, water mains, and railroad grading. Dallas was expanding quickly in those years, and public works of this kind helped support its growth. The photograph is a useful record of how heavy earthmoving looked before gasoline and diesel power took over.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1907. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,221 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-123099 |
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