Ontario highway 401 construction
As early as 1939, the planning stage was in the works for the 401 Highway, but the Second World War delayed construction until the...
Postwar-era Oliver OC-3 crawler tractor
In the postwar era of the 1950s, a housing boom was well underway in North America.
Once the homes were mostly finished, the lots needed...
Union Gas crawler tractors install Ontario pipeline in the 1970s
Pictured here, in the early 1970s, are two side-boom equipped crawler tractors at work in Southwestern Ontario. This gas pipeline contract for Union Gas...
Barber-Greene Snow Loader clearing Toronto streets in 1942
Pictured here, in the winter of 1942, is a Barber-Greene Snow Loader on street-clearing duty in Toronto, Ontario.
The snow loader had been delivered to...
Looking Back: Brownhoist crane during the construction of Lakeshore Rd in...
In Toronto, the “Roaring 20s” was a time of growth and expansion, in both population and in road infrastructure.
The city took on major projects...
Bucyrus-Erie 200W dragline at the Canada Cement Company plant in 1958
Pictured here, in November of 1958, is a Bucyrus-Erie 200W walking dragline that is stripping overburden at the Canada Cement Company plant near Ingersoll,...
1970s Terex Model R35 offloading logs at Menzies Bay in British...
By HCEA Canada
Pictured here, in 1971, is an offloading of logs at Menzies Bay in British Columbia. Situated north of Campbell River on Vancouver...
1940s Euclid FD-series hauler works on Ottawa River dam project
Pictured here, in 1948, is a Euclid FD Series 20-ton rear-dump hauler at work on the Des Joachims Dam project on the Ottawa River...