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Alligators of the north the story of the West & Peachey steam warping tugs

In 1889, John West and James Peachey unveiled their new invention, a steam warping tug that would revolutionize the Canadian pine-logging industry. These tugs became known as northern alligators and helped loggers access and move timber in the distant hinterlands, overland and overwater.

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  • "History of the amphibious tugboats used in the Ontario logging industry, from 1889 to the 1930s."
  • "In 1889, John West and James Peachey unveiled their new invention, a steam warping tug that would revolutionize the Canadian pine-logging industry. These tugs became known as northern alligators and helped loggers access and move timber in the distant hinterlands, overland and overwater."@en
  • "A Canadian invention that very few persons have heard of had a profound effect on the pine logging industry during the late 1800s and the early decades of the 1900s. The logging of eastern white and red pine in Ontario's Ottawa Valley, the Georgian Bay and the north shore of Lake Huron was of major economic and social importance."@en
  • "A Canadian invention that very few persons have heard of had a profound effect on the pine logging industry during the late 1800s and the early decades of the 1900s. The logging of eastern white and red pine in Ontario's Ottawa Valley, the Georgian Bay and the north shore of Lake Huron was of major economic and social importance."

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  • "Alligators of the north : the story of the West & Peachey steam warping tugs"
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  • "Alligators of the north : the story of the West & Peachy steam warping tugs"
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