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gypsy machine Lumbering, Hist. 
a portable donkey engine.
- 1953 [Caption] The first steam donkey to log in the woods. This was a vertical spool or gypsy machine and was moved around with horses or oxen. Picture was taken on Vancouver Island about 1901.
- 1953 [Caption] The first steam donkey to log in the woods. This was a vertical spool or gypsy machine and was moved around with horses or oxen. Picture was taken on Vancouver Island about 1901.