Vintage

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

International TD 35 crawler tractor circa 1937

Pictured here is a new International TD 35 crawler tractor at work in the Fort Frances region of North Western Ontario in the winter...

Wehr One-Man Power Grader

Pictured here in the winter of 1919 is a Wehr “One-Man Power Grader” on snow plow duty clearing Richmond Road near Ottawa, Ontario.  In an...

Lorain Model 50 cable shovel

Pictured here in the spring of 1952, is a Lorain Model 50 cable shovel owned by Swansea Construction Co. in Toronto, Ontario.  Construction of the...

GM Diesel Quad 6-71 from the Oshawa Water Plant

Pictured here at HCEA Canada’s Wheel & Tracks event in June, is a GM Diesel Quad (four 6-71 engines) back-up power unit from the...

Koehring Dumptor

Pictured here in the mid-1930s is a Koehring Dumptor and crawler cable shovel on a Dufferin Paving Ltd. contract in Northern Ontario with the...

Allis-Chalmers HD-5 crawler loader

Pictured here in the winter of 1948 is an Allis-Chalmers HD-5 crawler loader working at a Northern Ontario logging operation.  Equipped with a Drott-built loader...

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...