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Posted by Paul ( in NY) [12.64.108.157] on Tuesday, March 02, 2010 at 08:33:56 :
In Reply to: Heres a load of loggs posted by copey [206.80.246.201] on Tuesday, March 02, 2010 at 05:00:30 :
I have seen one of those cable drum brakes. The name in this area was a 'Barringer Brake'.
There is a complete Barringer Brake at the Adirondack Museum. Part of the display tells of many times the cable would break and the sled with all the logs would run over the horses. There is remains of a Barringer Brake up on Seward Mountain, but its in terrible condition. I have a video tape made from old movies of logging with horses. The guy that Iced the road and took care of it was called the 'Road Monkey'. Lots of logging history up here in the Mountains.
Paul
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