Steam Donkey Power Engine
Water was pumped from nearby streams and wood was burned to fuel the boiler. Steam donkeys were a huge improvement over the oxen and horses that were previously used to haul logs to the loading areas. In the early 1900 many areas had "skid roads" which were used to drag the logs down. An aside is Seattle Washington had one right through the middle of the town. After the logging boom the area was taken over by the derelict part of society and the phrase "living on Skid Road" was coined. It was contracted to "Skid Row". We are also quite fortunate to have had an association with probably the last steam inspector in British Columbia. Robert W. Swanson. He was the inventor of the whistle used on most locomotives and boats was a patron of our original Ladysmith Railway Society. Located on the road to Transfer Beach.
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