President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to take back the Panama Canal. The shovels used to construct it were built by Bucyrus in South Milwaukee.
Ken McCrary, 73, and Ed Kimball, 19, are the museum’s steam shovel instructors. It takes two instructors because it takes at least two people to operate the 1932 Bucyrus-Erie 50-B steamer.
Caterpillar also agreed to assume $1 billion in Bucyrus debt, so the deal is valued at 8.6 billion USD. Caterpillar is adding such products as giant electric-powered shovels made by South ...