Founded in Bucyrus, Ohio,
the Bucyrus Foundry and Manufacturing Company,
Started Production June 3, 1882
In 1893 they moved their operation to South Milwaukee, Wisconsin
In 1927 Bucyrus merged with the Erie Steam Shovel company
becoming Bucyrus-Erie Co. the name on this Shovel
In 1997 Bucyrus International bought Marion Power Shovel company
to become the worlds largest producer, of draglines etc.
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Coal Company |
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are harder to trace than my own family tree. Who the owners were, or where they were based, I just don't know. They were in West Virginian, Georgia, North Dakota, Minnesota, etc etc. I did find they are now a division of Consolidation Coal Company, who are a huge Coal company based in the USA. I do know Truax-Traer was US based as well. They were Strip Mining mines in North Dakota, before they moved up into Canada, and opened business in the Estevan area. Based on all accounts, it was this company moving into the area, that really lit the fuse for the Black Tuesday Riot. Can't stop progress, but in this case, it couldn't have come at a worst time, and again was possibly a plan behind it, to break the formation of a Union in the area. Can just imagine how many jobs were lost to this shovel below, compared to loading by hand.
Picture taken ca1930 |
