The Story of the West & Peachey Steam Warping Tugs
by
Harry Barrett, Clarence F. Coons
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
The Alligator was an amphibious machine designed and patented in Canada in the late 1880s. This warping tug was capable of towing al og boomk across a lake and then portaging itself to the next body of water. Steam-powered and rugged, it was one of the pioneers in the mechanization of the forest industry...