[or-roots] Stationery engineer

[Leslie Chapman]

I guess the question then would be if "millwright" was in the vocabulary in 1920; it would have been a much clearer term. 

And yes Bill I knew Donkey's weren't "stationary" hence my confusion. If you ever get a chance to check out the Douglas County museum in Roseburg notice the name on the Steam donkey out front; it was donated by my Uncle Sherman, his wife and Lee Monteith's wife were sisters. I think somewhere in their display they have a picture of Uncle moving it up Yellow Butte. One of my earliest memories is taking the old road from Phillips Ranch up to Yellow Butte when I was seven or so and Dad pointing out a slope he yarded that thing up at the time the picture was taken. It was incredibly steep

Les


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Another term for a stationary engineer is "millwright" -- and those old logging donkeys were not stationary -- they were self-powered via winching themselves on the skids (large logs, typically) on which they were mounted.

Bill Strickland
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