Antique Thew Power Shovel
by Kathleen Bishop
Title
Antique Thew Power Shovel
Artist
Kathleen Bishop
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The innovative Thew Company of Lorain, Ohio, began producing the earliest gasoline-powered shovels, beginning in 1914. This big old rusty Thew Power Shovel was brought to Mono Lake in 1918 for an ill-fated project to dig a 30-mile irrigation canal to transport water from Rush Creek. The genius engineers who oversaw the project didn’t take into account the porous sediments, so it was only after digging 7.5 miles of canal that they realized all the water leached out within the first 2 miles! Sorry, but I think that’s hilarious. Duh.
This gargantuan, and rather cool, example of engineering innovation has come to rest near a 1935 Chevy dump truck in the town of Lee Vining, California, where it will dig no more.
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March 21st, 2021
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