Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.067.001 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Mike Paton standing beside a 1949 Dodge gravel truck. Note the steel wheels, these are wheels from a speeder that have been fitted onto the truck. |
Image File Name |
1955 - Mike Paton & Truck - Camp 3, Nitinat - 2022067001 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1955/ / |
Place |
Camp 3, Nitinat |
Provenance |
Part of the Skene Digital Collection. Mike Paton grew up on Cowichan Lake and worked as a logger all his life. When Camp 3 (Nitinat) closed in 1957 Mike moved to the Caycuse division and ran a log loader for many years. According to Mike Paton on Mosiac of Forestry Memories: When he was about eighteen years old he noticed that the section crew for the railroad (all Chinese) would be tasked with dumping gravel onto the track and had to shovel the gravel in between the railroad ties. This was described as "back-breaking" work. Wanting to help, Paton decided to take an old gravel truck he was driving and take into the shops and replaced its wheels with wheels from a speeder so that it could drive on the railroad tracks. This then helped the section crew spread the gravel much easier and faster. |
Search Terms |
Gravel Truck People Camp 3 Nitinat Railway tracks Dump Truck Speeder Dodge |
Collection |
Transportation |
People |
Paton, Mike Skene |
Subjects |
Hauling Railway Vehicles Camp People People associated with manual labor Road & Railway Construction |