Marion Steam Shovel

  • Also Known As: LeRoy Steam Shovel

  • Address: Gulf Rd
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure

The Marion Steam Shovel in LeRoy is historically significant as a rare surviving example of the technology that evolved in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to provide large, inexpensive supplies of crushed stone for the vast American railroad network and later for the construction of roads for the rapidly expanding numbers of automobiles and trucks. It also believed to be the only Model 91 Marion shovel in existence, which is same model that was shipped to Panama for the excavation of the Panama Canal; though research to date has not confirmed it, it is also believed to be one of the shovels sent to Panama. It is also significant for its association with the limestone industry in LeRoy and the history of the General Crushed Stone Company. - NRHP, 18 December 2007


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1905/00/00 Isthmian Canal Commission Developer Of the 131 Model 91 Marion Shovels manufactured between 1902 and 1912, 16 were acquired by the Isthmian Canal Commission and used to excavate the Panama Canal. Building the Panama Canal
1905/00/00 Marion Power Shovel Company Manufacturer Of the 131 Model 91 Marion Shovels manufactured between 1902 and 1912, 16 were acquired by the Isthmian Canal Commission and used to excavate the Panama Canal. Building the Panama Canal
1906/00/00 Marion Power Shovel Company Manufacturer LeRoy Model 91 Marion Steam Shovel was probably manufactured in 1906

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Particulars for Marion Steam Shovel:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Engineering
Historic Use Extractive facility
Sight Category Structure



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 22nd February 2008

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Marion Steam Shovel
Registry Address: Gulf Rd.
Registry Number: 08000038
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Local
Architect: Marion Steam Shovel Co.
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Engineering
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: c 1911
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Extractive facility
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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