Horses and Horsepower

James Watt is credited with developing the term horsepower to demonstrate that his steam engines were as powerful as a team of horses. This video discusses the term briefly and then features two workhorses skidding logs out of a red pine forest - an inspiring demonstration of horse power.
Learn more about horsepower here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh7uFumf-vc
The Shaw Woods OEC:
http://shawwoods.ca/
Thanks to Willy, Paddy their families and Dolly and Britt.

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