Glimpse of a bygone era. Even now I can feel that machines back then felt alive

Guy could really run the shovel. Camera operator, not so much.

@bighead6106

3 жыл бұрын

what a pity

Neat to see the guts of it all in action.

love the old trucks! camera man fail though...

Very insightful as to how this machine works! really enjoyed it!

Damn! I was there for that show! Finally got to see Mike and Mary Anne in person after all these years! Great show, even though it cost me over $200. (Dragged my wife around for the afternoon looking at old iron, so couldn’t say no when she wanted a new pair of sunglasses at the mall on the way home.) Senior’s admission to the show Ten Bucks. Looking at wonderful old equipment, Priceless. For everything else there’s Visa!

@williamh.jarvis6795

8 ай бұрын

There does exist a "Mary Anne" in Dublin, NH, at the (former) Cricket Hill Farm, site of the annual Granite State Gas Engine Show, but, it's not powered by steam. It is an operational 1927 Industrial Brownhoist diesel powered shovel. It has been in demonstration mode for most of the shows on the property (albeit, less often than in past years). I like watching it function!

thanks for documenting this . love the sounds and the sights .:)

You guys in america know how to do the things!... 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thanks for documenting this history. Suggest some who/what/when/where commentary.

I have a nice AC and heated cab and I am blessed these guys must have boiled like lobsters

They better keep these old machines working and ready to build new ones. When the cost of diesel fuel goes up too much and the computer processor quits, these dinosaurs will gladly take over and find some people with a set of balls to operate them. All the modern comforts are gone.Back to the old way.

@tomrogers9467

3 жыл бұрын

I think the cost of fuel is going to go way down. Look at the number of auto companies moving towards electric : some exclusively. And with air travel crippled, perhaps forever with China Virus mutations, there’s going to be a huge surplus.

@flyer3849

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomrogers9467 how wrong you were

@tomrogers9467

2 жыл бұрын

@@flyer3849 Yes, a lot has changed in a year. Who knew we would be on the verge of WW3 a year ago?

This is so cool!

Interesting to see how it runs with all the cables etc. Were they originally on coal?

Finally, the x rated version of Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel.

@williamh.jarvis6795

8 ай бұрын

Yeah! Really!

See the fuel (fire wood) beside the boiler, no refining required.

Imagine it with the covers on that would be hard to see

What proportion of the energy used was simply to move the machine itself? Most of it I assume.

Who’s on the camera, Michael j Fox?

Great job. 🐱

Film skills.

Steampunk when steam was cool!

A STEAM SHOVEL BURLESQUE DANCE!!! LOVE IT!!!!

give camera to the kid next time.

Mary Anne's parts are showing 0.o

Good job filming and a good documentary bravo well , cherio chap

@craigjensen5384

3 жыл бұрын

It was terrible filming!!!!!! A very skilled operator..... Great to see the equipment & how it worked .

pretty neato

There is steam coming out of everywhere, even out of a pipe at the top end of the boom. Why? Somebody please explain.

@cyrex686

6 жыл бұрын

Not sure. I know it does not recycle the water, so whereever it is used, it is released. They also need to keep steam flowing through the engine even when not in use to keep it from condensing and causing hydro lock. I think it even gets used as a sort of lubricant. in high pressure bearings, but don't quote me on that!

@noodle_comments9812

5 жыл бұрын

@Randall Frank . The steam from the end of the boom is from the engine on the boom. These things had engines all over, with somewhere around 5 engines (most dual cylinders, of course) depending on the model, each doing a different task. As for steam from everywhere where else. It appears to be both exhaust, and probably keeping drain cocks open slightly, they don't seem to be running a blower through the chimney (I guess not much point with a vertical firetube boiler?) so none appears to be routed there. Although it almost looks like some steam chests are leaking a bit, hard to tell exactly. Most places running ancient steam engines these days, run with drain cocks open full time. To reduce risk of destroying an engine (and possibly also when these were new, since the engines might sit for a bit before a particular one is used. I'm not sure if they each stay hot enough through the repetitive on/off actions. Not-hot engine = some steam condenses back to water, which can't be compressed and can crack your cylinder block/head/etc. Whichever part gives first).

@alexander10000000

5 жыл бұрын

Coming from an marine engineer that is currently working on a steam ship, that just how steam power is. It leaks from basically everything. Especially if it is an old reciprocating machine.

@mattseymour8637

4 жыл бұрын

It could be the safety valve to release excess steam

@madtrucker0983

2 жыл бұрын

Steam trains do bleed off steam the same way. Safety valves I assume.

How about a tripod?

@cyrex686

7 жыл бұрын

I took my motorcycle there, didn't have room for one.

@jpsholland

7 жыл бұрын

cyrex686 Look for a monopod. Manfrotto make one of carbon, light but strong and small enough to transport on a motorcycle. It give so much more stability.

@leifvejby8023

7 жыл бұрын

jps is right about the monopod - I have one too. More flexible than a tripod too.

@hypnotised-clover

7 жыл бұрын

cyrex686 do you live in ireland?

What on Earth is wrong with the 9 people who disliked this vid?

@JLange642

4 жыл бұрын

They sell CAT equipment!

@madtrucker0983

2 жыл бұрын

Lack of camera skills

@alexanderip1003

2 жыл бұрын

Electric Shovel Company Diesel Motor Shovel Inc. Gasoline shovel Ltd.

@samanli-tw3id

6 ай бұрын

They must be singing “No Steam Shovels Wanted”

Am I the only one amazed that the shovel is running on WOOD?

@Whammytap

5 жыл бұрын

alphaexcavation That’s the beauty of a steam boiler. It’s the original flex-fuel engine!

@tomrogers9467

3 жыл бұрын

Wood is the only renewable fuel - trees grow faster than we can burn them, and contributes nothing to the carbon load- if wood isn’t burned it rots in the forest and releases exactly the same amount of carbon ( as cO2) As it does when burned.

Very fiesty and powerful machines! It seems this one is not actually coal (or, wood?!) powered.. there is no smoke coming from the chimney! I wonder if they could power their own tracks as well.. maybe there's somebody that knows?

@jeredhersh789

3 жыл бұрын

Some shovels could walk under their own steam, and others were set on temporary railroad tracks and needed to be moved by a locomotive

Dude must be drunk.....keeps missing the dump truck.....

Eh; technology has evolved from far !

Cool to see that. Learn how to record.

Very interesting. Try doing a better video next time

Shake it harder. Maybe you'll get some salt.

Hissssssss!!!!!