Historical Construction Equipment Association

Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG - Mon July 08, 2019

Looking Back: Slattery Helps Build Connecticut Turnpike

Slattery Contracting Corp. of Maspeth, N.Y., was awarded Connecticut Turnpike Contract No. 302- 02 in Greenwich, Conn. for $7,269,353. The project began at the N.Y. state line and extended east for 3.8 mi....

Edgar A. Browning – Special to CEG - Mon May 13, 2019

Looking Back — Clement Brothers Company Inc. Builds Carter Dam

Clement Brothers Company Inc. of Hickory, N.C., held a $15.4 million contract to construct the Corps of Engineers Carter Dam Project in Murry County, Ga. The dam is 445 ft. high, then the highest dam east of the Mississippi River, and 2,050 ft....

HCEA - Mon March 11, 2019

Paving Through the Decades

Working to preserve the history of the construction equipment that shaped our world . . . The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving for public education the history of the construction, dredging and surface mining equipment industries....

HCEA - Mon July 30, 2018

The Dynamic Dynahoe!

The loader-backhoe is still one of the most popular and visible of all types of construction machines. It reigned as the mainstay of mechanized utility work over some two-and-a-half decades after first finding popularity in the 1950s....

Fri July 21, 2017

Antique Equipment on Display at Association's Reunion

While Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association's Annual Threshermen's Reunion — Aug. 16 to 19, 2017 in Kinzers, Pa. — is usually known for its steam engines, early gas tractors and threshing demonstrations, there is much greater diversity at this show than some people realize....

Fri October 21, 2016

HCEA Holds Events in Bowling Green, Mantua, Ohio

The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) held its convention and old equipment exposition at the association's National Construction Equipment Museum, located at 16623 Liberty Hi Road, Bowling Green, Ohio, on Sept....

Wed October 05, 2016

Enthusiasts Attend Annual HCEA Convention in Bowling Green, Ohio

The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) held its convention and old equipment exposition at the association's National Construction Equipment Museum, located at 16623 Liberty Hi Road, Bowling Green, Ohio, on Sept....

Fri September 09, 2016

Toy Auction to Benefit HCEA

On Saturday, September 24, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Garner Auctioneers LLC will conduct an online auction of approximately 500 farm and agriculture toys, models and collectibles surplus to the collections of the Historical Construction Equipment Association....

Thu August 25, 2016

Northeast Rockbusters Gather at Gluck's Farm in Connecticut for Annual Show

In a perfect bit of synchronicity, the vintage tractors, dozers and earthmovers strutted their stuff on a vintage farm that needed its land dug out and moved around. Filling the vast acreage of Mark Gluck's Farm at 159 Packerville Road in Plainfield, Conn., the Northeast Rockbusters lived up to their name Aug....