Keywords: Electric Hoist
Item 10737
Portland-Monson Slate Company hoist, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Item 19026
Three-Prong Barrel Hoist, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Presque Isle Media: Metal
Item 37234
25-31 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: W.L. Blake & Co. Use: Warehouse & Machine Shop
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13
"The truck on the left has an electric hoist. When this truck was new, truck bodies were still in the transition stage from box over the rear wheels…"
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13
"The man operating the hoist would toss grapples onto a barrel on the ground. He would push a button on the loader grip to run an electric motor that…"
