afartispoopcrying He’s not operating it, You can see a guy to His( Our left) right with the control levers, though, I doubt the machine is operating given how clean it is, and the fact that Teddy boy is spiffy as-can-be in His white duds. Most likely a posed photograph. Cool nonetheless
zeyore Steam powered if I remember. I always remember thinking steam powered excavators were ridiculous.
![President Roosevelt operating a excavating machine in the Panama Canal, 1908 [646 x 800]](https://i.redd.it/umzfpn6io3l51.jpg)
afartispoopcrying
He’s not operating it, You can see a guy to His( Our left) right with the control levers, though, I doubt the machine is operating given how clean it is, and the fact that Teddy boy is spiffy as-can-be in His white duds.
Most likely a posed photograph. Cool nonetheless
zeyore
Steam powered if I remember. I always remember thinking steam powered excavators were ridiculous.