Steam Engine Saw Mill - Uncle Tom's Cabin - Dresden, Ontario
N 42° 35.136 W 082° 11.787
17T E 401825 N 4715491
This machine is on display at Uncle Tom's Cabin historic site in Dresden Ontario.
Waymark Code: WMKJ3Y
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/19/2014
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Horse drawn steam engine used as portable power source for saw mill to cut locally grown black walnut lumber. Black walnut lumber was one of the dawn settlement's major exports. In 1851, on the first of Josiah Henson's "Uncle Tom" trips to England, he transported and displayed four polished black walnut boards at the World's fair in London. He hoped to develop a British market for lumber produced at the settlement. Henson was awarded a bronze medal for the exhibit.
Type of Machine: Horse drawn steam engine
Is there online documentation for this machine: [Web Link]
Year the machine was built: Not listed
Year the machine was put on display: Not listed
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