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Excavator operator strikes 400 live WWII grenades buried beneath jobsite
Though he wasn’t exactly sure of what he had struck at the time, an excavator operator in Austria likely needed a drink later on, once police informed him he’d made a potentially explosive discovery. According to a report from the Associated Press, the operator went to police after his excavator bucket struck metal on a jobsite […]
June 29, 2015
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS: In WWII, Seabees built dozer radiators and a lot more out of fuel drums to keep Navy equipment going
Given the harsh conditions of the Pacific Theater of World War II, ingenuity wasn’t so much a skill developed by the U.S. Navy on those small hellacious islands, as it was a tool carried into battle. And much of that ingenuity came thanks to a group of sailors known as the Seabees. The Navy’s Construction Battalions […]
May 25, 2015
Construction Equipment
English quarry workers nearly processed this World War II rocket (PHOTO)
On Monday, Quarry workers discovered a World War II rocket at the Welcome Pit quarry in Burgh Castle, England, according to our sister site Aggregates Manager. The discovery of the rocket likely sent chills up the spines of the quarry workers who found it. The 2-foot-long rocket shell was found mixed in with material about […]
September 24, 2013
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Amazing footage from the 1946 Indy 500
Here’s a pretty great way to get the Memorial Day weekend started: how about amazing vintage footage from one of the holiday’s most time-honored traditions? YouTube user and blogger RetroChromeX posted this recently-found footage of the 1946 Indianapolis 500, noting that, because of the outbreak of World War II, this was the first time the […]
May 24, 2013
Construction Equipment
JCB aids excavation of British WWII Spitfire planes
A team of 21 people is headed to Myanmar, also known as Burma, to dig and see if they can find 36 unassembled Spitfire warplanes. British equipment maker JCB is supplying two excavators and a backhoe to aid in the treasure hunt and is also sending along Oliver Keates, a JCB equipment demonstrator and the […]
January 14, 2013
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