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Item information

Title:
Overhead Skidder
Description:
This is a photograph of an overhead skidder. Overhead skidder all ready for business & [] carriage. we use what they call a bicycle carriage which is very fast and does not wear cable like other carriages.We can run carriage out one thousand feet in one minute"
Topics:
Forestry
Subjects:
Forests and forestry
Logging
Original Format:
Postcard, black and white
Extent:
3 1/2 x 5 1/2
Item identifier:
schenck-skidder_nd_img2
Location:
Michigan
Digital Project:
Manuscript Collections