Quick-Way Truck Shovel Company records, ca.1935 [manuscript].

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Quick-Way Truck Shovel Company records, ca.1935 [manuscript].

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Collection contains company plaque (n.d.), photographs of the Quick-Way Shovel, and company employees: Art Riley, Tom Allen, Vern Hoagland, Hugh Campbell, Wally Cornell, Bob Herbst, Dunk Lowe, and Luke Smith (ca. 1930s).

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Denver Public Library, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7757524

Denver Public Library, Central Library

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Quick-Way Truck Shovel Company.

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Denver, Colo. based company founded in 1929 by engineer, Luke E. Smith. Smith designed a crane and shovel mounted on a truck for easier mobility. This was an improvement over more traditional crawler-mounted shoves used for excavating. The Quick-Way Truck Shovel Company also provided equipment to the U.S. military during the Korean War (1950-1953). The company ceased operations in 1961, when it was sold to Marion Power Shovel Co. From the description of Quick-Way Truck Shovel Company...

Smith, Luke E., 1886-

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Meeks, Dorothy R.

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