<div dir="ltr">Hi Tammy<div>We have Logging Arches at the Princeton Museum. Attached is a photo.</div><div>Ours are called "Michigan Big Wheels". The wheels are 8 feet in diameter.</div><div>-<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Terry Malanchuk</b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><a href="http://princetonmuseum.org">princetonmuseum.org</a> 250-295-7588 cell: 250-293-6760</span></i></p></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 9:13 AM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <<a href="mailto:bcma@lists.vifa.ca">bcma@lists.vifa.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA"><div class="gmail-m_-2547679821427323827WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello, Museum-world,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">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:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><img width="384" height="288" style="width: 4in; height: 3in;" id="gmail-m_-2547679821427323827Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:167c78ec0626917eb1"></span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Tammy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>--------------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Tammy Bradford, Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Creston Museum<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>219 Devon Street, Creston BC V0B 1G3<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>250-428-9262<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div id="gmail-m_-2547679821427323827DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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