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Steam donkey
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<p>A steam donkey or donkey engine is a <a href="/facts/Steam_engine/f7hN8vzm">steam-powered</a> <a href="/facts/Winch/zUI7eqt0">winch</a> once widely used in <a href="/facts/Logging/YnjEaap7">logging</a>, <a href="/facts/Mining/g6uDIFab">mining</a>, <a href="/facts/Shipping_industry/rB1EQAfm">maritime</a>, and other industrial applications. </p><p>Steam-powered donkeys were commonly found on large metal-hulled multi-masted cargo vessels in the later decades of the <a href="/facts/Age_of_Sail/tDNdUvhq">Age of Sail</a> on through the <a href="/facts/Steam-powered_vessel/LuDGvss4">Age of Steam</a>, particularly heavily sailed skeleton-crewed <a href="/facts/Windjammers/6tYxTPgE">windjammers</a>. </p><p>A donkey used in forestry, also known as a logging engine, was often attached to a <a href="/facts/Yarder/0zynwpy0">yarder</a> for hauling logs from where trees were felled to a central processing area. The operator of a donkey was known as a donkeyman. </p>