Meanwhile, the Northern New England Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers years ago designated the Lombard Steam Hauler as a National Historic Mechanical Engineers Landmark. The museum is closed during the coronavirus pandemic, but Finnemore said the closure has allowed him and his wife, Bonny, to do a lot of spiffing up and he expects it will reopen in the spring of next year. The museum itself is an historic house built in 1814. Here, we can take care of it, and people will be able to enjoy it for years.” There were not a lot of places to pull over and get out of your car and look at it. “You couldn’t see it when it was by the bridge. “I think it is the best place for it,” Finnemore said. A steady stream of people have been driving it to see it, he said. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this PhotoĪt the museum Thursday morning, museum curator and caretaker Bryan Finnemore said he is delighted the log hauler is there. The steering wheel and driver’s compartment of a circa 1926 Lombard Log Hauler on Thursday at the Redington Museum in Waterville. I think it was a good example of cooperation all the way around.” We’re thankful that the Historical Society has made a place for it. “I think the public works crew did a great job preparing the site and helping to coordinate the whole move,” Roy said. The Waterville Historical Society approached the city about moving it to the museum grounds at 62 B Silver St., and Roy said he thought it was a great idea. In 1981 the machine was moved from Vassalboro to Front Street, near the Ticonic bridge that spans the Kennebec River between Waterville and Winslow.īut over the years, it became increasingly invisible, as trees and brush grew around it, traffic in the area increased in both volume and speed, and it was difficult for people to access it.Ĭity Manager Michael Roy said Wednesday that talks had been in the works for about a year to find a suitable location for the log hauler. The Breton family of Vassalboro restored the engine.
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The log hauler on display in Waterville was discovered in the 1970s in the woods near Churchill Dam by Fred Prescott, Waterville’s code enforcement officer at the time, and pilot Kenneth Ireland, while they were on a fishing trip and saw it from the air, according to Morning Sentinel newspaper accounts. The hauler could pull up to 30o tons of logs and did the work of 50 horses. Only 3 of these are in running condition.” “Many Lombard steam log haulers were recycled for scrap iron during World War II, and only 6 of the original 83 machines are known to still exist. “Lombard licensed his patented track design to the Phoenix Company in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which produced additional Phoenix log haulers,” the site says. According to the Maine Forest & Logging Museum website, they were constructed between 19 and most were used in Maine and New Hampshire, though several were shipped to some western states, as well as to Canada. The Lombard Traction Engine Co., located near where Huhtamaki is now on College Avenue, manufactured 83 log haulers. Its concept of using a caterpillar tread, or continuous track for vehicle propulsion, was later used on army tanks in World War I, as well as for agricultural tractors and construction equipment after the war.
Lombard of Waterville, was patented in 1901 and revolutionized the way the lumbering industry operated in Maine. Signs on the doors of the bank said it was closed for the day and staff apologized for any inconvenience to customers.īonney said anyone with information about the robbery may contact Detective Daryl Gordon, the lead investigator, at 680-4700.WATERVILLE - The historic Lombard Log Hauler is in a new home on the grounds of the Waterville Historical Society’s Redington Museum on Silver Street after spending decades in a low visibility spot off Front Street downtown.
“The collaboration went very well and we appreciate our partnerships,” he said.Įarly Tuesday afternoon, people who work downtown said they saw a lot of police on Main Street in the morning, but weren’t aware of what had happened. “As we do with any crime, we’re going to do our best to bring him to justice.”īonney said the other law enforcement agencies that responded were helpful. “This is very traumatic for them as tellers and we certainly understand that and we feel for them, especially this time of year,” he said. No Waterville schools were locked down.īonney said bank employees were shaken by the incident. The high school, junior high and elementary school are about a mile from the bank and the lockdown was lifted after a couple of hours. School officials in Winslow decided to place schools in lockdown as police searched for the suspect.
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