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Merrill and Ring Logging Company logging crew with a diesel donkey engine, Clallam County
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| Title | Merrill and Ring Logging Company logging crew with a diesel donkey engine, Clallam County |
| Date | ca. 1930 |
| Earliest Date | 1925 |
| Latest Date | 1935 |
| Notes | Note taken from a document of unknown origin accompanying some of Harry Hall's photographs: Merrill & Ring, Pysht. In 1927 Merrill & Ring brought three very powerful Washington diesel powered yarders. Two of these machines were equipped with 6 cylinder marine diesel engines. The one in this picture was the largest with 8 cylinders. Although these machines were very powerful they were quite slow, and were not too popular with hooktenders whose reputation was dependent on production. They were not too popular with the rest of the crew either due to the 1 1/2 inch steel core chokers necessary for a machine of this size. Shortly after introduction it became a standing order that the lower gear was not to be used because the sound of the engine could not be depended on to gauge the line pull before chokers parted. In practice they were usually used as 'cold deck' donkeys to yard a setting of approximately 40 acres to the base of the spar tree, which was located approximately 1/2 mile from the track machine. The 'cold deck' was left for one of the big slack line donkeys which moved the logs to the loading donkey at the railroad track. These donkeys had a large diesel tank which allowed them to operate several months without refueling. They always brought in an extra set of guy lines so the tree that they left had a full set of guy lines rigged for use as a tail tree for the slack line donkey. [People in photograph:] 1 (top) Frank Rousch, Engineer, 2 (next) Bob Geiger, 3 (center, left) Vern Johnson, Hook Tender, 4 (center, right) Pete Steel, 5 (on lower log) Austin Cogburn; three not known. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Lumber industry--Washington (State)--Clallam County
Donkey engines--Washington (State)--Clallam County
Loggers--Washington (State)--Clallam County
Logs--Washington (State)--Clallam County
Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Clallam County
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Merrill & Ring Lumber Company
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| Personal Names | Cogburn, Austin
Geiger, Bob
Johnson, Vern
Rausch, Frank
Steel, Pete |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Olympic Peninsula--Clallam County |
| Digital Collection | Harry Hall Photograph Collection |
| Ordering Information | Items cannot be ordered. |
| Owner | Estelle Hall |
| Physical Description | 1 photograph : b&w |
| Digital Image Information | Scanned on a flatbed scanner between 300-600 ppi, re-sized with dynamic range adjustment and sharpening and saved as a JPEG using Adobe Photoshop 8.0. |
| Image File Name | WASHINGTON DESISEL #1 |
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