Steam Shovel - in Fiction

In Fiction

Steam shovels have found literary fame with the children's classic Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Another power shovel features towards the climax of the children's book Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman – the little bird is returned to its nest by a "Snort" – but this is not necessarily a steam shovel.

In the Thomas and Friends TV series, a steam shovel called Ned appears as a minor character. In the Australian children's TV series Mr. Squiggle, Bill the Steam Shovel provides comic relief and produces steam from his "nose" when he laughs. In an episode of Futurama, Bender is quoting as saying "When I grow up, I wanna be a steam shovel!"