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artifact from the Algonquin Logging museum

Waldbahn_Algonquin_ESK_6181 by EvaK_42

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Pratt & Chancey 0-4-0T No. 6 from 1911, Montreal Locomotive Works

cf. www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=1861

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I'll drive by Andy Carroll

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"A further step in the evolution of logging techniques occurred when the first trucks were introduced in the 1930s. At first they merely replaced horses as pullers of the traditional log sleighs. Only in the 1940s did trucks become big and powerful enough to actually carry logs themselves."

Alligator (winch) by Andy Carroll

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Alligator: a steam-powered warping tug, used to tow log booms down a lake. The 20 HP engine couldn't actually tow the log booms, so they steamed ahead (using the paddle-wheels), dropped anchor, let out the line and went back to the logs. Then they unhooked the paddle wheels, hooked up the winch, and hauled the boat and logs up to the anchor. (Or vice versa, anchoring and winching the logs up to the boat.) Repeat several times, because the lake is much longer than the winching cable. They were also amphibious, using the winch to haul the boat over land.

There's an article about them here, and Tom Thompson painted one.

Logging Steam Locomotive by Richard Spiegelman

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DSC_0045 by Bill Kowalchyk

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Logging Steam Locomotive by Richard Spiegelman

Alligator / William M / steam tugboat by Richard Spiegelman

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Steam powered boat / Amphibian. Paddle wheel through water and use winches to drag itself across land.

Alligator (boiler) by Andy Carroll

Alligator: a steam-powered warping tug, used to tow log booms down a lake. This 20 HP engine couldn't actually tow the log booms, so they steamed ahead (using the paddle-wheels), dropped anchor, let out the line and went back to the logs. Then they unhooked the paddle wheels, hooked up the winch, and hauled the boat and logs up to the anchor. (Or vice versa, anchoring and winching the logs up to the boat.) Repeat several times, because the lake is much longer than the winching cable. They were also amphibious, using the winch to haul the boat over land.

There's an article about them here, and Tom Thompson painted one.

Plowing sign by Richard Spiegelman

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Logging Steam Locomotive by Richard Spiegelman

Montreal Locomotive Works 1910

Algonquin Logging Museum sign trains and trucks by Richard Spiegelman

Donkey engine (winch) by Andy Carroll

A steam-powered winch engine, used to haul sleds full of logs uphill (which horses couldn't do).

Donkey engines are explained on Wikipedia here, and this particular engine is mentioned in a copy of the logging museum booklet here.

Logger's Camboose Shanty interior by Richard Spiegelman

Luxury in wood... two to a bunk...central heating and cooking

DJW_0056 by drue wolfe

Reflections in Mud Creek / Algonquin Logging Museum by Richard Spiegelman

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Camboose Shanty fireplace by Richard Spiegelman

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Central heating. Open chimney sent most of the smoke and heat up and out

Logger's Camboose Shanty by Richard Spiegelman

Mud Creek / Algonquin Logging Museum by Richard Spiegelman

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Algonquin Logging Museum 1 by D. Hałas

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The William M, an alligator boat, at the Algonquin Logging Museum. These steam-powered boats were used to tow log booms across lakes. They were also able to winch themselves across land, allowing them to move from one lake to another.

The alligator boat was invented by the firm of West and Peachy, of Simcoe, Ontario. About 200 of the boats were built between 1889 and the 1930s, when they were superseded by gasoline-powered tugboats. The William M was built in 1905 and remained in operation until 1946. It was moved to the Algonquin Logging Museum in 1959.

Donkey engine by Andy Carroll

A steam-powered winch engine, used to haul sleds full of logs uphill (which horses couldn't do).

Donkey engines are explained on Wikipedia here, and this particular engine is mentioned in a copy of the logging museum booklet here.

Horse Stable / Algonquin Logging Museum by Richard Spiegelman

Camboose Shanty / roof by Richard Spiegelman

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An ingenious way to make a waterproof roof

Alligator / William M / engine room by Richard Spiegelman

boiler

DSC_0043 by Bill Kowalchyk

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Steam engine by Andy Carroll

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There was a railway in Algonquin from 1896 to 1995. During the First World War, it was the busiest railway in Canada, with trains leaving every 20 minutes.

This "Saddleback" engine was built in Montreal in 1911. It first burned wood and then was converted to coal.

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