Also in 1911, a machine made by Vulcan Steam Shovel of Ohio joined the fleet of Western Massachusetts Construction near Goose Pond in Lee/Tyringham. It could move 500 yards of soil a day. In 1912, ...
(Courtesy of Hidden Nature SF) But the sandy hills were leveled by steam shovels in the mid-19th century, and completion of the four-lane Great Highway in 1929 pushed the shoreline 200 feet closer to ...