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    Alpena Fire Department Sleigh. A sleigh provided fast transportation of firemen during winter fires.

    Logs were easier to transport during the winter on ice roads. A sprinkler wagon sprinkled water on the road to freeze into an ice path for the horse teams to pull a log sled.

    A load of logs being taken to the banking grounds. The development of rutters and water sprinklers to maintain the sled tracks enabled the woodsmen to haul heavier loads. A rutter was a devise that attached to a log sled runner and cleared the ruts in the road for the ...

    Log Sleigh on Ice Road

   

    Engine House No. 1 of the Central Fire Station. This building replaced the original Engine House No. 1, which burned in 1910. It was located on the corner of Third Avenue and River Street.

    Front: Logging Operations near Alpena. Pub. by Adams Book Store, Alpena, Mich. Back: Postmarked Dafoe, Mich., Apr 16, 1914 Mrs. R. T. Haltiner 210 Tutle St, Alpena,Mich. April 15, 1914 Dear Mamma, I got up all right. Mr. Cook was at the station to meet me with a horse. They ...

    Logs on a sled being pulled by horses. Sprinkling water on the road and allowing it to freeze made the sled easier to pull.

    Two sled loads of logs.

    In order to make it easier to pull this gigantic load of logs, a water sprinkler tank wet the roadway to create a surface of ice.