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Biggest machines in the West /

In this episode, we find out that size did matter in the Old West, where cowboys wanted big toys! Big profits required big equipment to dig, dredge, paddle, and plough through the wilds of America. Technology would replace the pan and the pick with massive machines roaming the forests and deserts li...

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Corporate Author: History Channel (Television network)
Other Authors: Nock, Andrew, Carradine, David
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Original language in English.
Published: New York, NY : A & E Television Networks, 2004.
Series:American history in video.
Subjects:
Mining engineering > West (U.S.) > History.
Logging > Machinery > United States > History.
River steamers > West (U.S.) > History.
Missouri River > Navigation > History.
Colt firearms > History > 19th century.
Missouri (Rivière) > Navigation > Histoire.
Colt (Armes à feu) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Colt firearms.
Logging > Machinery.
Mining engineering.
Navigation.
River steamers.
Missouri River.
United States.
West United States.
1800-1899
Streaming videos.
Documentary films.
History.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
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