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Title: Laurel Area bull donkey
Laurel bull donkey. A donkey was an engine used to hoist logs onto flatcars bound for the mill. Cables could be extended on spools run through the woods for a distance of up to several miles. In the Laurel area of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Source of information: Notes on back of photo
Article on this website, see link below
Date Created and/or Issued: 1890's
Publication Information: Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Contributing Institution: Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Collection: Photo Collection
Rights Information: This photograph/postcard is the property of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, California.
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Description: Laurel bull donkey. A donkey was an engine used to hoist logs onto flatcars bound for the mill. Cables could be extended on spools run through the woods for a distance of up to several miles. In the Laurel area of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Source of information: Notes on back of photo
Article on this website, see link below
Type: image
Format: Image
Identifier: LH-0125
Language: English
Subject: Lumbering
Time Period: 1890s
Place: Santa Cruz (County)
Relation: Felling the Giants, [Lumbering in the Mountains]
Industrial Development: Lumber; Lime; Fishing

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