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Early type of mechanical shovel by Heath Robinson

The inventor of the mechanical shovel trying out an early type. Two medieval engineers with a rickety but effective mechanical shovel or digger, another idea from the inventive mind of the gadget king, William Heath Robinson

Picture No
10640104
Media ID
47555381
Size
5100px x 3495px (1.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration by William Heath Robinson in The Gentle Art of Excavating, a booklet for Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd
Date
c.1938

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Amusing Contraption Contraptions Digger Diggers Digging Idea Inventions Inventive Mechanical Rickety Shovel


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