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Timber Whim

AB Campbell & Sons
c. 1940
Subcollections
Timber Industry
Overview

This is a relatively modern Timber Whim from the late 1940s to the 1950s. It was powered by a crawler tractor and used for pulling logs out of the local forests.

Historical information

Historically, timber whims were used in the south west to transport large logs from the forest to the wagon or rail head that would deliver the logs to the mill. They were made of timber, pulled through the forest by teams of bullocks or horses and were made in a range of sizes to cater for varying log sizes, the larger the wheel diameter the larger the log it could carry.

With time, specially adapted large steam traction engines replaced the team drawn whim until they, in turn, were replaced by smaller sturdy models like this one that were propelled by crawler tractors. The massive steam traction engine whims were unique to Western Australia and only four of these huge whims were ever built.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-124-2022.16
Item type
Machinery
Themes
Social History
Material
Iron
Inscriptions and markings

Built by
A.B. Campbell & Sons
Gloucester N.S.W
No 385

Keywords
Busselton
Timber industry
Log Hauling Machinery
Place made
Gloucester
NSW
Australia
Year
c. 1940
Comparative significance criteria
Object’s condition or completeness
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