Bucyrus: 125 years of history

Bucyrus International is celebrating 125 years of building heavy excavating machinery, including the largest earthmovers ever to roam the planet. Throughout that time, Bucyrus has led the industry in innovative products designed to satisfy some of the world’s toughest mining and earthmoving requirements. The fascinating history of this diversified company, unparalleled in the excavating world, is now recounted in Bucyrus: Making the Earth Move for 125 Years.

Founded in 1880 by Daniel P. Bells and a group of business associates, Bucyrus built a diverse range of machines and grew to become the leading supplier of walking draglines, shovels and drills to the surface mining industry. With the acquisition of companies such as Marion Power Shovel and Ransomes & Rapier, Bucyrus was able to supply all the giant stripping shovels in the western world and the record-breaking Big Muskie walking dragline.

Bucyrus: Making the Earth Move for 125 Years by Keith Haddock. ISBN 0-7603-2286-4. Soft bound, 160 pages, colour, over 200 illustrations. $33.95 (US$24.95). Order it from www.motorbooks.com.