A steam shovel found embedded in the bottom of Wixom Lake in October 2020 is well on its way to being fully restored. Mike Oberloier, of Beaverton, who now owns the shovel, recently displayed parts of ...

Oct. 26 (UPI) --A steam shovel that had been submerged in a Michigan lake for nearly a century has been returned to dry land and is being restored. Mike Oberloier said he dreamed of removing the steam ...

One of just two left in the world, will under go a lengthy restoration process After displaying it in an upcoming festival, Mike Oberloier will begin disassembling a nearly extinct machine for a ...

MIDLAND, Mich. (WJRT) - A rarity uncovered after last year’s Edenville Dam breach emptied Wixom lake is in for a full restoration: a century-old steam shovel pulled from the lakebed. The Thew Type O ...

Our street was hectic and noisy for two months last summer as a storm drainage system was brought up to snuff. Hearing an at times steady vroom-vroom and ding-ding-ding, I wondered about the ...

The cable-operated excavator is the earliest documented self-powered machine ever used to move earth. Its earliest form, the steam shovel, has roots going back to the very first mechanical excavator, ...