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

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Tom,

I believe that Lesia Davis and the Museum at Campbell River completed a restoration of their steam donkey.  Here is the link to their site and a pic of the restored steam donkey  http://www.crmuseum.ca/exhibits/history_outdoors.html

Louise

Louise Avery, Curator
Kitimat Museum & Archives
293 City Centre
Kitimat, B.C.   V8C 1T6
Telephone: (250) 632-8951
Fax: (250) 632-7429
Website: www.kitimatmuseum.ca
Memories of the Project: www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca

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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
  604.297.4559



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