They owned 11 log loaders manufactured by the Marion Steam Shovel Co. Rogers explains how a steam shovel works. All of the children refrained from playing with the forbidden toy (the steam shovel). Elevators, picks, shovels, and a steam shovel are instruments in music making and construction. Mr. McFeely brings over a battery operated steam shovel. Mickey is operating a steam shovel at a construction site. Steam Shovel Company of Marion, Ohio. Mass graves were dug by steam shovel and bodies buried without coffins in many places. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel () is a children's book by Virginia Lee Burton. In 1927, Bucyrus merged with the Erie Steam Shovel Company to form Bucyrus-Erie. The steam shovel became an essential item of construction equipment during these years. Angelo bought another steam shovel each time of his four sons was born. That same year, he bought a steam shovel, becoming a pioneer of the new technology. In one incident, a steam shovel fell more than into the ocean and was destroyed.