Vintage

Vintage heavy equipment and the historic construction sites the machines helped build.

Detroit Diesel Quad

Pictured here in 2012 is a Detroit Diesel Quad (four 6-71 engines) back-up power unit at the Oshawa Water Plant. This Lake Ontario fresh water intake pumping station...

A Caterpillar tractor and a J.D. Adams grader in 1931

Pictured here in 1931 is a Caterpillar crawler tractor handling a J.D. Adams Ltd. pull grader, during the construction of the Big Bend Highway in British Columbia. This...

A portable crusher in Goderich, Ontario

Pictured here in 1934 is a portable crusher on the move in Ontario’s Huron County. The county had commissioned a local Goderich, Ontario machinist...

Caterpillar DW 15 motor scraper

Pictured here in the mid-1950s is a Caterpillar DW 15 motor scraper at work for McNamara Construction Ltd. during construction of Highway 401 through...

Welland Canal construction

Pictured here, in 1924, is the construction of Lock #5 of the Welland Canal. The canal, under construction from 1913 to 1935, had production numbers...

Terex 33-19 Titan prototype haul truck

Pictured here in 1975 is the Terex 33-19 Titan prototype haul truck in action.  Planned in the late 1960s and built in the London, Ontario,...

P&H Model 1055 cable shovel

Pictured here in the late 1950s is a P&H Model 1055 cable shovel at work removing overburden at the Cassiar Mountain Asbestos Mine in Northern British Columbia. The...

Vintage Caterpillar D2

Pictured here in 2012 is a vintage Caterpillar D2 crawler headed for the International Plowing Match held at Roseville, Ontario, near Waterloo.  The Historical Construction...