Motor tractors arrive in the forest – an American International 8-16 Junior powers an early wood-framed saw-bench in Britain during the 1920s.
DOWN IN THE FOREST,
SOMETHING STIRRED… Stuart Gibbard explains how early mechanisation in the forestry industry saw horses replaced by steam before the arrival of motor tractors brought about an even greater revolution in timber haulage IMAGES STUART GIBBARD/US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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