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THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!  

For a full list of our Corporate Members, click here.  If you would like to become a Corporate Member of the HCEA, click here. You can also contact our office for more information on Corporate Membership.

BREAKING NEWS! THE NEW MUSEUM IS UNDER WAY!

THE 2025 HCEA CALENDARS ARE AVAILABLE!  CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOURS TODAY!



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We Don't Sell Equipment or Parts - and We Don't Build Stuff, Either, Except at our Conventions!


Working to preserve the history of the construction equipment that shaped our world

The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving for public education the history of the construction, dredging and surface mining equipment industries.

THE HCEA IS BACK ON EBAY!  CHECK OUR SALES LITERATURE LISTINGS.  

Click here to see a sample of our Equipment Echoes magazine! Become a member today!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR VISITING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & OLD EQUIPMENT EXPOSITION!

THANK YOU TO THE NEW YORK STEAM ENGINE ASSOCIATION'S PAGEANT OF STEAM, FOR HOSTING OUR NATIONAL CONVENTION.

SEE YOU IN BOWLING GREEN, THURSDAY-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18-20, 2025!  DETAILS COMING SOON!




HELP BRING A NEW MUSEUM TO LIFE

The HCEA is proud to announce the building of a new 20,000 square foot home for its National Construction Equipment Museum.
Click here for the full story on this very  important project and what you can do to help make it a reality.



                                                                                                               


Welcome to our new and expanded website! You can learn about our organization and its activities, including our International Conventions and Old Equipment Expositions and the National Construction Equipment Museum and Archives. Our Forums offer venues for the buying and selling of equipment and parts, exchange of information and general discussion. You can also peruse Photo Galleries and hundreds of Links to websites pertaining to construction, mining and dredging history.

 


Media Partners are publishers and publications in the industry trade press who have committed to help publicize the HCEA through such means as donated advertising space, running press releases, and linking us to their websites. Learn more about them and visit their websites on our Media Partners page. To participate in this program, contact us.

 

  I know someone who’d like to receive Equipment Echoes, and I’d like to order him or her a gift membership. He or she does or does not live in the U. S. or Canada, or he or she is a student in the U.S.

THE LAST TEREX 33-15 CALLS BOWLING GREEN HOME!

 


Click on MAKE A DONATION to help preserve this giant! This truck is the last one known to exist of the TEREX GM 33-15 Family. This truck's big brother is the only 33-19 TITAN 350-ton truck in Sparwood, British Columbia, Canada. Click here to learn more about the history of General Motors (GM) electric drive trucks. 

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THANK YOU!!

Click Here for Terex Titan photo gallery!

Learn more about the Titan! 


  
Goal: $40,000.00
Collected: $27,571.15
69%

The HCEA will construct a new, purpose-built museum building on the grounds of the National Construction Equipment Museum in Bowling Green, Ohio, and Mr. Ken Taylor, owner of Ohio CAT, Has pledged to match up to $500,000 in contributions for this project! We thank Mr. Taylor for his outstanding commitment to the preservation to the history of the construction, dredging, and surface mining industries! For more information, click here.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT. THE BIG PUSH IS NOW COMPLETE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THE MUSEUM CONSTRUCTION OR OUR OTHER DONATION FUNDS, PLEASE CLICK ON DONATE NOW AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE!

The amount shown in this goal meter does not reflect all funds raised for this project.  This meter only shows donations since Ken Taylor's pledge to match up to $500,000

THE BIG PUSH IS COMPLETE
Goal: $500,000.00
Collected: $727,678.94
146%

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If you are an HCEA Member, you already have an account or profile. You don't have to create one; in fact, we insist that you don't, because if you create your own you end up with two memberships.  

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Please be advised that we need to have your e-mail address on file in order for you to access your profile. You can email it to us at info@hcea.net, and we will set you up.


Membership and Chapters

 

HCEA Members enjoy a subscription to Equipment Echoes, our quarterly magazine covering the construction, dredging and surface mining equipment industries. Our Chapters form the backbone our our organization and serve to unite members locally.


 

HCEA Scholarship Available!

 

The HCEA is continuing to solicit applications for our engineering and construction management scholarships. Click here for more information and an application.

 

 

More Machines Donated

Donations continue to stream into the National Construction Equipment Museum! 

Section being updated!  Stay tuned for more information.

View an updated Museum equipment list, and images of the machines in our collection.

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