Relive the golden age of Poclain cranes and Caterpillar dozers! Construction machines participated in the post-war reconstruction of France and then on major projects, building highways, nuclear power plants, electricity dams, etc. Discover this important page in the history of construction machinery which punctuated France from the post-war period to the present day, through this beautiful book richly illustrated with numerous photos as well as numerous archive documents.

The author: Francis Dréer specializes in the history of techniques in the world of transport. He works for the auto and motorcycle press and has already produced a dozen works on motorcycles, automobiles, heavy goods vehicles and tractors. Also passionate about history, he seeks above all to place the vehicles in their context, the era being in his eyes revealing the techniques implemented.