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Description

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.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
circa 1910 to circa 1920
Digitisation ID
2007N_Ti15_TEC_1280
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Taxonomy

Tags
bush,
bush felling,
forest,
horse,
technology,
timber,
workers,
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