Shovels and Cranes. Dozers and Rollers. Graders and Well Drillers.
See CAMA's collection of heavy construction equipment
CAMA has an extensive collection of road construction and earth moving equipment and much of it still runs and does work. From a number of early steam powered steam rollers to the later gasoline powered rollers, our collection varies from small tennis court rollers up to huge road rollers. Our Buffalo Springfield road roller is still used at CAMA to smooth our dirt roads prior to the Fall Festival.
Besides rollers, CAMA has a diverse collection of other earth moving equipment. Shovels and backhoes, are often seen at work at our Fall Festival and Elmer Sega's large Bay City Crane looms over the entire site. CAMA has a number of road graders varying from a non-powered, towed, Adams Leaning Wheel grader up to a large gasoline powered Galion road grader.
Cletrac Bulldozer
CAMA's bulldozer collection includes Cletracs and Catepillars dating back to the 1920's. Many of the smaller dozers would have been used on larger farms. Not shown, but in our collection, is an operating rock crusher, a well pounding rig, a very early well drilling rig with a wooden derrick, and a number of other pieces of equipment.
Bay City cable shovel
On your next visit, to CAMA, be sure to take a look at our antique construction equipment. Most of it is located outside, near the Diebold Agricultural Hall, with a part of the collection being housed in the Diebold Hall.