Whatzit? Whatzit? Whatzit?
Posted by Tom Remington on May 7, 2008
Remember this photo of a “What is it”?
The photo was taken by Milt Inman at the Andover, Maine Historical Society. Here’s his explanation:
What Is It? The machine was used to safely let a team of horses and a large sled full of logs slowly down from a mountain side to the valley below. The sled, with 4 wheels or pulleys, was taken up to near where the logs were cut and anchored to a large tree. The cable wound around the pulleys in away that it went around each one twice and then back down the mountain to a pulley chained to a tree and then back up to the braking machine. Moving the long levers on the rear of the machine would apply the braking force needed to do its job of snubbing up the load of logs hooked to the cable and going down the mountain. I think it was called a “SNUBBER” or something else. Milt
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