[BCMA] Burnaby Village Museum looking for Steam Donkey information.

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Sent: December 7, 2009 2:32 PM
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Subject: [BCMA] Burnaby Village Museum looking for Steam Donkey information.

 

The Burnaby Village Museum is looking for information about Steam Donkeys
used in the logging and milling industries.

We have a donkey engine in our collections and we would like to know if
anyone has had the experience of restoring such a machine - mainly the
vertical boiler.

Any other information you might have about Vancouver Engineering Works
equipment would be very helpful as well. We do have information that the VEW
was manufacturing these engines under liecense from Whillamette Iron and
Steel Works in Portland, Oregon

Description:

Steam Donkey, made by Vancouver Engineering Works. It consists of a verticle
boiler with a fuel tank for oil and two winch drums. The engine, boiler and
winch drums are mounted on a steel frame that could in turn be mounted on
skids or a deck depending on intended use.

The gears are protected by covers and a brake is fitted to the winch.

The engine is a 10 X 15 (10 inch dia. cylinders X 15 inch stroke) and the
registration number is 42750.

TomG

 

Tom Gooden

Assistant Curator 

Burnaby Village Museum

6501 Deer Lake Ave.

Burnaby, BC, V5G 3T6

tom.gooden at burnaby.ca

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