HISTORY OF STEAM SHOVELS
Browning
In 1899, Victor R and Earl H Browning established the Browning Engineering Company in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. From the outset, this industrial company manufactured locomotive cranes as well as coal and ore handling equipment for use on the shores of the Great Lakes.
By 1908, the company was offering two sizes of rail-mounted fully-revolving steam shovels in ½ and 1 cubic yard sizes, and by 1910 two sizes of heavy duty railroad (half
