In the beginning, there was Bucyrus. The story of the 128-year-old manufacturing company is about as colossal as the giant excavating machines it produces. Many have long gone to the scrappers or forgotten bone yards, but some Bucyrus rigs are still hard at work, mining the world's minerals. Veteran equipment historian and civil en-gineer Keith Had- dock scoops away the overburden to reveal one of the construction and mining industry's most awe-inspiring companies in his latest book.
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