I have two vivid memories of Euclid. One involves my 10th grade math class based on the study of the mathematics developed by Euclid, the famous “Father of Geometry.” The other was a company named for its location in Euclid, Ohio, that made awesome earth-moving equipment that I watched as a boy. Only much later did I learn that the name Euclid means glorious and renowned—apt terms for the equipment’s amazing accomplishments. Author Orlemann first presents a four-page introductory corporate history up to the eventual phase-out of the Euclid trade name by the end of 2007. Offering over 450 black-and-white photographs with detailed captions, the book provides a comprehensive and captivating look at the company’s products dating to 1924, and the “One Man Wheel Tractor Scraper.” Most of the photographs feature equipment at work, doing what it was designed to do. The book uses seven chronologically based chapters covering Euclid’s products based on their type: The Early Years, The Rear Dump Haulers, The Two-Axle Tractor Bottom-Dump Haulers and Scrapers, The Over-Hung Engine Tractor Scrapers, The Euclid BV Loaders, The Front-End Wheel Loaders, and The Crawler Tractors. A six-page section devoted to Euclid Model and Production Tables concludes the text.  

Book Review by Robert Gabrick