Logging Crew with Oxen & Steam Donkey - c. 1900
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This turn-of-the-last-century view shows a logging crew using both ox teams and a steam donkey to move their logs. It appears the oxen brought the logs down the slope, and then the steam donkey pulled them along a more level skid road to this staging area.
This turn-of-the-last-century view shows a logging crew using both ox teams and a steam donkey to move their logs. It appears the oxen brought the logs down the slope, and then the steam donkey pulled them along a more level skid road to this staging area.
Oxen, of course, have been used in the woods for centuries - witness the legend of Babe, the blue ox used by Paul Bunyan. Steam donkeys, on the other hand, were introduced in about 1890.
By World War I steam donkeys had replaced almost all ox teams, though the steam dpnkeys themselves were eventually replaced by gasoline-powered equipment.
-- This photo is restored and printed by Old Oregon.
Photographer | Unknown |
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Location | Unknown Oregon |
Subject | Logging |
Decade | 1900s |
Print Maker | Old Oregon |
Original Type | Larger Print |
Size of Original | 7.3 x 9.5 inches |
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