John Dolbeer
Inventor, Deceased Person
1827 – 1902
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Who was John Dolbeer?
John Dolbeer was a partner in the Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., one of the early major Humboldt County, California lumber operations in based in Eureka. While in that business, he invented the logging engine, more commonly known as the steam donkey or donkey engine. This invaluable equipment, especially with regard to difficult terrain and very large trees, revolutionized 19th century logging so significantly that variations of the engine were still used well into the 20th Century.
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- Born
- Mar 12, 1827
Epsom - Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 17, 1902
San Francisco
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on July 23, 2013
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