Steam Loader

A Barnhart steam loader lifting cut longleaf pine logs, many with marks indicating turpentine extraction, onto railroad cars. Several men assist the placement of the logs, using poles with hooks to help roll logs, called "peaveys".

Steam-powered loader with a crane arm lifting a log onto railcars stacked with cut timber, with several workers standing among the logs.
Courtesy of the A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, University of Alabama Libraries
Steam-powered loader with a crane arm lifting a log onto railcars stacked with cut timber, with several workers standing among the logs.