The Dolbeer Donkey - Chiloquin, OR
N 42° 38.670 W 121° 52.958
10T E 591598 N 4721943
This steam donkey is located at the Collier State Park Logging Museum. Admission is free but the outdoors museum is only open from May 1 to October 1.
Waymark Code: WMWZHW
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2017
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Located at the Collier State Logging Museum is a steam donkey. There is a wooden placard in front that reads:
THE DOLBEER "DONKEY"
IN 1882 JOHN DOLBEER PATENTED A UNIQUE STEAM POWERED LOG SKIDDING MACHINE TO REPLACE THE OXEN AND HORSE TEAMS AT THE LOGGING SITE. NICK NAMED THE DOLBEER "DONKEY" IT WAS BASICALLY A SMALL HIGH PRESSURE STEAM ENGINE WHICH TURNED THROUGH A SET OF GEARS, A SPOOL THAT COULD REEL IN ROPE OR CABLE WITH THE POWER OF MANY OXEN. DONKEY ENGINES WERE CONTINUALLY MADE BIGGER AND MORE VERSATILE AND REMAINED THE BEST POWER SOURCE IN THE WOODS UNTIL REPLACED BY THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IN THE 1930s.
Type of Machine: steam donkey
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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