[BCMA] Logging Arch/Michigan Wheels

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Hey,

I know Fort Steele Heritage Town has one. At one point it was in working order and they use it in the Calgary Stampede parade. I don’t think it has been hitched up in recent years.

Nikki Bose
Curator of Collections
Kelowna Museums

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Hi Tammy
We have Logging Arches at the Princeton Museum. Attached is a photo.
Ours are called "Michigan Big Wheels". The wheels are 8 feet in diameter.
-Terry Malanchuk
Operations Manager-Princeton and District Museum and Archives
PO Box 281, 167 Vermilion Ave., Princeton B.C. Canada V0X 1W0
princetonmuseum at gmail.com<mailto:princetonmuseum at gmail.com>
princetonmuseum.org<http://princetonmuseum.org>  250-295-7588  cell: 250-293-6760

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 9:13 AM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <bcma at lists.vifa.ca<mailto:bcma at lists.vifa.ca>> wrote:
Hello, Museum-world,

It’s random question time! Do any of you know of logging arches in any museum collections in Canada? Or, are you aware of them having been used in your area, even if you don’t happen to have one in your collection?

Logging arches, also called Michigan Wheels, Big Wheels, katydids, and a host of variations, are essentially horse-drawn log skidders – two 10’ wheels with a massive axle and a pole to hitch the horses to. We have one, and I know of maybe a couple dozen others – all in the US. I’m trying to get some idea of just how widespread they were and how many might still exist. Here’s a photo of ours, just in case my highly-technical description doesn’t actually give you any idea what I’m talking about:

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Thanks!

Tammy

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Tammy Bradford, Manager
Creston Museum
219 Devon Street, Creston BC V0B 1G3
250-428-9262


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