Steam Powered Donkey Engine at Peckinpah Mill

Name/Title

Steam Powered Donkey Engine at Peckinpah Mill

Entry/Object ID

871

Description

Shown in this photo is a steam powered Donkey Engine located at Peckinpah Mill in North Fork, Madera County. A donkey engine, such as the one in this photo, had one or more drums, or winches, containing wire rope that could life, drag. and move logs from the stump to an accumulation point. The Donkey Engine could also be used to load logs on cars that transported logs to distant mill sites.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

reformatted digital

Subject Place

City

North Fork

County

Madera County

State/Province

California

Continent

North America

Country

United States

Lexicon

Search Terms

Lumber, Lumber Mill, Sawmill, Peckinpah Mill, Business, Logging, Steam Donkey Engine

Dimensions

Height

4-5/16 in

Width

7-7/16 in

Copyright

Restrictions

Please reference Sierra National Forest Photo, HP1783 The Madera County Public Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images. However, these images are intended for Educational or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limted to; commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to addtional restrictions including, but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any persmissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 23, 2015

Updated By

Mary.Sholler

Update Date

January 8, 2020