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File:Kalkman8A.jpg|DAR [[DAR000850|Steam Shovel No. 850]] with builders information and five visitors at the [[Oak Island Ballast Pit]] in [[New Minas]], circa 1918.  
 
File:Kalkman8A.jpg|DAR [[DAR000850|Steam Shovel No. 850]] with builders information and five visitors at the [[Oak Island Ballast Pit]] in [[New Minas]], circa 1918.  
 
File:Kalkman8B.jpg|DAR [[DAR000850|Steam Shovel No. 850]] with builders information and two visitors at the [[Oak Island Ballast Pit]] in [[New Minas]], circa 1918.
 
File:Kalkman8B.jpg|DAR [[DAR000850|Steam Shovel No. 850]] with builders information and two visitors at the [[Oak Island Ballast Pit]] in [[New Minas]], circa 1918.
File:CSTM-STR18305a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR000850|Steam Shovel 850]] in [[Kentville]] parked in front of the [[British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse]], circa 1940.
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File:CSTM-STR18305a 001 aa cs.jpg|[[DAR000850|Steam Shovel 850]] with boom and dipper removed at [[Kentville]] by the [[British Canadian Fruit Association Kentville warehouse]], circa 1940.
 
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==Other Known Images==
 
[http://www.images.technomuses.ca/searchpf.php?id=16109&lang=en Number 850 from the Canada Museum of Science and Technology Image STR18305a.]  Note that in this image, the boom and dipper have been removed.
 
  
 
==References and Footnotes==
 
==References and Footnotes==

Revision as of 20:28, 14 March 2023

Dominion Atlantic Number 850

Builder: Canada Foundry Company, Toronto
Builder's Number: C70

DAR number 850 was a large Bucyrus style steam-powered shovel or excavator. The long cab house the steam engine, coal supply and winches. The large booms and bucket swivelled independently from the front, supported by outrigger legs. The steam shovel often worked the Round Hill Ballast Pit[1] and the Oak Island Ballast Pit. Crew at the Oak Island pit were Reg MacGill and Walter Wood.[2]

Gallery

References and Footnotes

  1. "Round Hill Ballast Pit Photo Envelope" Leon Barron Collection, Kings County Museum
  2. Inscription on photo in the Tony Kalkman collection, shared in DAR-DPI.ca Facebook post, March 13, 2023

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