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Bucyrus Drills
Drilling the Earth
for 75 Years |
£22.95 |
Bucyrus Drills: Drilling the Earth for 75 Years recounts the history of drilling, early manufacturers of drilling equipment, the emergence of drilling methods, rigs, drill bits, and the role of Bucyrus in furthering the science and art of water well and blast hole drilling.
With 128 pages & 200 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10344 ISBN: 9781583882535
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Bucyrus Heavy Equipment
Construction and
Mining Machines
1880-2007 Photo Gallery |
£24.95 |
Bucyrus Heavy Equipment contains over 450 spectacular black and white photos combined with detailed captions chronicle and describe all the major equipment product lines from Bucyrus Company. Also covered is every machine model, there's also detailed coverage of floating dredges, tractor equipment, cranes, bucket wheel excavators and other special machines. With 224 pages & 456 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10310 ISBN: 9781583882191
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Caterpillar D-8 1933-1974 Photo Archive Now Available |
£18.95 |
By Bob LaVoie. The history of some of Caterpillar's biggest earthmovers of the period are detailed in this new Photo Archive. Start with the diesel 75, the great grandfather of today's D-8, and trace the changes made to the D-8 into the 1970s. Included are the 1H, 8R, 2U, 14A and others, as well as company sales literature and WWII vintage photos.
With 128 pages & 128 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10095 ISBN:9781882256969
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Caterpillar Earthmovers At Work |
£18.95 |
By Bill Robertson. From building roads through dense forests, mining the earth for raw ore, laying pipe, constructing power developments & creating golf courses. Caterpillar's earthmoving machines have played an important role in shaping our world. Featuring action moving massive amounts of rock, dirt, logging, road construction, railway construction, hydroelectric power projects & mining. With 160 pages & 305 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10212 ISBN: 9781583881200
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Caterpillar Sixty
Photo Archive Now Available |
£18.95 |
By P.A. Letourneau. A collection of 132 B&W photos from the Caterpillar Inc. Corporate Archives. Caterpillar Sixty’s at work on road construction, land clearing, logging, farming & mining. Included are rare photos of the first diesel powered Caterpillar tractors.
With 128 pages & 232 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10006 ISBN: 9781882256051
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Classic American Steamroller 1871-1935 Photo Archive Now Available |
£9.95 |
For the first time read about all 30 recognized makes of steamrollers built in North America. Thrilling photos of the great steam-powered machines that shaped America's highways and other paved spaces.
With 128 pages & 166 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10132 ISBN: 9781583880388
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Coal Mining Equipment
at Work Now Available |
£22.95 |
At one point, Muhlenberg County produced more coal than any county, state, or country as the largest producer of coal in the world.The massive mining machines documented herein show how it was possible through vintage and colourful photography.
Production statistics are detailed for each piece of equipment, laced with historical facts and stories about the mines and mining companies that operated them. Includes a rare look at some of the old draglines that have been re-started and are digging in Western Kentucky once again thanks to new technology.
With 128 pages & 245 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10373 ISBN: 9781583882825
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Euclid Earth-Moving Equipment 1924-1968 Now Available |
£29.95 |
This book examines the company's equipment origins, starting with the Euclid Crane & Hoist Company, and The Euclid Road Machinery Company, right on through the years General Motors controlled the company as Euclid Division.
With 222 pages & 473 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10221 ISBN: 9781583881293
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Farmall F-Series
Photo Archive
Models F-12, F-14,
F-20 & F-30 |
£18.95 |
By P.A. Letourneau. With 127 black & white photos selected from the McCormack-International Harvester Company Collection. Pphotos of the F-Series tractors at work in fields & farm yards throughout North America. The pictures are large & clear, and capture the significance of the F Series tractor in farming history in the US. With 144 pages & 127 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10003 ISBN: 9781882256020
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Fordson 1917-1928
Photo Archive |
£18.95 |
By P. A. Letourneau. Photos & illustrations from the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. The original Fordson and its prototypes, as well as Henry Ford's earliest attempts at building a tractor, are featured. The best selling model with over 750,000 sold of farm tractors ever built shown at work in fields, orchards, barnyards, on road construction and industrial sites. With 144 pages & 130 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10028 ISBN: 9781882256334
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Hart-Parr Photo Archive |
£14.95 |
By P.A. Letourneau includes the complete Hart-Parr line. Hart-Parr was the leading gasoline tractor manufacturer of the first decade of the 1900s. Here are the Old Reliable, the ill-fated Little Devil, the Oil King, the Road King, & all the other great tractors built prior to the 1929. Features a brief history of Hart-Parr. Great pictures of all the old Hart-Parr tractors. With 144 pages & 130 illustrations. With 144 pages & 130 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10010 ISBN: 9781882256082
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Holt Tractors Photo Archive
An Album of Early Steam
and Early Gas Tractors |
£14.95 |
By P.A. Letourneau. Early Caterpillar tractors and steam tractors that made Holt famous. Created by the company as a record of the steam & gas tractors built between 1894 & 1912. They built 133 steam traction engines, most were sold to farms. This is the most complete photograph of either Holt steam or early Caterpillar tractors ever published. With 144 pages & 125 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10011 ISBN: 9781882256105
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John Deere Model A
Photo Archive |
£18.95 |
By P.A. Letourneau. This book has 134 black & white rare photographs & illustrations which were hand picked from the Deere & Company Corporate Archives. Covered are row crop, standard, orchard & industrial version of this popular tractor are featured at work in the field & in detailed studio photos. With 144 pages & 135 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10013 ISBN: 9781882256129
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John Deere Model D
Photo Archive 1923-1938 |
£18.95 |
By P.A. Letourneau. A rare collection of 125 black & white photos selected from the Deere & Company Archives to highlight the first 16 years of Model D production. Includes photos of the Model D at work in fields, barnyards & industrial sites, as well as detailed cut-aways. With 144 pages & 135 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10001 ISBN: 9781882256006
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R.G. LeTourneau
Equipment Photo Gallery
The Electric-Drive Era
1953-1970 |
£18.95 |
The time period of 1953 to 1970 saw many more innovative machine and engineering achievements in the fields of earth-moving, off-shore oil exploration, logging & defense. Standard production, specials, and experimental machines are shown help showcase what made R.G. LeTourneau so important in the heavy equipment industry. With 160 pages & 320 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10317 ISBN: 9781583882269
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R.G. LeTourneau
Heavy Equipment
The Mechanical Drive Era
1921-1953 |
£20.95 |
The years between 1921 to 1953 saw many of R.G. LeTourneau's most important heavy-equipment introductions, such as the Carryall and the Tournapull, and the initial development of the electric drive wheel. Standard production, specials, and experimental machines in rare archival images, help showcase what made R.G. LeTourneau so important in the heavy equipment industry. With 160 pages & 310 illustrations. SB.
SKU: G10305 ISBN: 9781583882146
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