MARION STEAM SHOVEL 1922 Catalog - Mining Excavating Equip Prints Specs Drawings

Description

Marion Steam Shovel Company - Trade Catalog and Drawings
The Catalog:
Title: Marion Excavating Machinery -- Trade Catalog No. 190
Author: The Marion Steam Shovel Company
Date: 1922
Size of Book: 8 1/2 in x 11 in
Condition: New Print -- Professionally Published
Excerpts from the 1922 Advertisement:
Marion Excavating Machinery tells the story of the possibilities of the Marion shovels and their application to mining and construction.
The catalog describes the Marion Electric Shovels which have tremendous new possibilities for more economical stripping and open-cut.
The shovels were the last word in big tonnage operation.
Also the Marion large steam shovels.
Tells of Marion Electric and Gasoline-Shovels with their special advantages in mining and their wide range of use not only as a shovel but also with orange peel and clamshell buckets, with a dragline and as a crane.
The catalog illustrates the application of Marion Shovels, Steam as well as Electric and Gasoline-Electric, in metal mining, coal and non-metallic mining, in quarrying, and many phases of earth handling.
What's in the Catalog: Numerous photos, description, drawings, comparisons, and specs for the Marion Steam Shovel Line (see listing photos)
Types of Shovels presented: Railroad type, revolving, dragline/clamshell/orangepeel excavators, log loaders, cranes, dredges, ditchers, ballast
unloaders, and hoisting machinery.
No. of Pages: 24 (thick gloss paper, heavy cover)
Rips or tears: None
Folds: None
Writing or Markings: None
The Drawing Prints:
Included: Four Reprints
The Plant of the Marion Steam Shovel Company in 1895
Comparison Diagrams of The Marion Steam Shovel Company -- Type 450, 5480, and 5600 shovels (1928)
Diagram of a Standard Steam Shovel -- Railway Type (1920s)
Diagram of a Revolving Electric Clamshell mounted on crawling traction trucks (1920s)
Size of Prints: 8 " in x 11 in
Condition: New Reprints
Paper: Parchment 65lb - Thick Cardstock
Rips or tears: None
Folds: None
Writing or Markings: None
The catalog and illustrative prints are packaged in a new pocket folder and shipped in a heavy-duty non-bendable mailer.