Steam Driven Tractor Loaded with Logs, Algoma District, circa 1915
Description
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- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This is a black and white photo of a steam driven tractor pulling a series of loaded logging skids. The tractor is a Lombard Steam Log Hauler.
- Notes
- The Lombard Steam Log Hauler as it was officially known looked and operated much like a small steam locomotive. It had an engineer and fireman that maintained the boiler pressure and controlled the speed of the engine, but was steered by a man sitting in front of the boiler. The Pine Lumber Co. of Devon (near Chapleau) c1917, was one of the few Ontario locations where a Lombard was known to have been used. The proprietors of the Devon mill were from the Lotbiniere area of Quebec and Lombards were produced in Maine.
- Date of Original
- Circa 1915
- Subject(s)
- Collection
- Local History
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 46.25006 Longitude: -83.5666
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Thessalon Union Public LibraryEmail:thessalonlib@thessalonlibrary.ca
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