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(1907) - The first Caterpillar tractors ever built were used to help complete the 5.5 mile
Elizabeth Lake Tunnel section of the Los Angeles-Owens River Aqueduct.



(1910) - View showing a steamroller on a Los Angeles street adjacent to a horse-drawn flusher.
The sign on the back of the flusher reads: Studebaker Patent Sprinkler





(ca. 1921)- Two men seated in the cabin of a Bucyrus backhoe operate the machine as steam rises from the top.
One man holds onto the rope that leads to the pulleys. Another man operates the levers that dumps a mouthful of
dirt into a dump truck. Another dump truck can be seen leaving the hill. They are digging out Bunker Hill to construct
the 2nd St. tunnel that will easily connect the northern part of downtown L.A. with the San Fernando Valley, Glendale
and other parts north. Once completed, commuters and commercial traffic will no longer need to go around Bunker Hill
to reach their destinations. In photo right, men pack the sidewalk to watch the construction.




(1924)- Construction of the western portal of the Pacific Electric subway tunnel at 1st and Glendale.




(ca. 1904)^^ - View of canal dredging in Venice, showing a large steam shovel arm protruding from
the bow of a barge. Several men are standing on the barge near the shovel arm. The arm reads
"Built by the Marion Steam Shovel Co. Marion, O"

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