A portable steam driven winch known as a log-hauler, hauled logs from the bush to the tramline, from where horses then hauled the logs along the tramline to the sawmill. From the left: men tentatively identified as Jack O’Hagan, who worked at Umutoi Sawmill and Albert Dick.

Workers with a steam driven 'log-hauler' in the bush
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2007N_Ti15_TEC_1280
- Title
- Workers with a steam driven 'log-hauler' in the bush
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- circa 1910 to circa 1920
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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