MARION 111-M Shovel, EUCLID Bottom Dump, CLARKSON CONSTR, K.C. MO 8x10 B&W Photo

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This photo is an excellent high quality 8” x 10” black & white glossy new photo reproduction of a MARION 111-M Power Shovel loading a EUCLID Bottom Dump on the CEDAR BLUFF DAM being built in Kansas in  1949-1951 by CLARKSON CONSTRUCTION CO. Clarkson is an old line and well respected heavy contractor in Kansas City, MO.
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DESCRIPTION: This Clarkson owned MARION 111-M Shovel is loading a variety of bottom dumps on a 1949-1951 project. The bottom dump being loaded is a EUCLID Bottom Dump. Behind the Euc is an interesting tandem axle dual tired DART tractor pulling a SOUTHWESTERN Belly Dump. Over the top of the Marion shovel, a pair of late 1930s and 1940s automobiles are parked. The CEDAR BLUFF DAM in Trego County, KS was built for the Bureau of Reclamation for irrigation, flood control, and recreation. Between 1949 and 1951, Clarkson moved 8,500,000 CY of earth building this 6,800+ acre reservoir with 50 miles of shoreline.
MARION 111-M SHOVEL: Introduced in 1946 as a 3-1/2 to 4 CY machine with all the benefits of diesel power, plus the advantage of electric swing. Big enough for high daily production, yet easily moved from one job to another. Later increaseDAM d to 4-5 CY capacity, a total of 379 111-M shovels, cranes, and draglines were produced during its life from 1946-1974.
CLARKSON CONSTRUCTION CO.: From the muscle days of men, mules and horses, George Clarkson founded his grading company in 1898 in the riverside boomtown of Kansas City. Ed Clarkson worked for List & Clark for a number of years, before forming Miller-Clarkson in 1942. In 1947 Ed Clarkson formed his own company, with Bill Clarkson, Sr. later becoming president. Clarkson Construction Co., now in its fifth or sixth generation, family-owned Clarkson Construction has become one of the Midwest’s largest and most diversified heavy Contractors.
CONDITION: This vintage photo is a newly reproduced photo from my personal lifetime collection.  This photo has been printed on excellent quality HP PREMIUM PLUS GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER using Original HP 64 Inks, producing a professional quality photo that resists fading over 100 years ... the best money can buy.  This full 8x10 photo is borderless.
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