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, ...

I would hear this several times each day. They used a bulldozer shovel to bury the graves—after they finished their work, they took it with them.… I would go to the roof and watch the ...