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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
Digitisation ID
2007N_Ti15_TEC_1280
Title
Workers with a steam driven 'log-hauler' in the bush
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
circa 1910 to circa 1920

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

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