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1. THE LOMBARD LOG HAULER            ................ Alvin Lombard of Waterville, Maine constructed his first machine in 1900, using a steam engine for power and a unique steering system. This huge mechanical monster weighed in at 20 tons!
   
2. ADALBERT LANDRY        ......................... Experiments began in Mont Joli, Quebec in 1920. About 100 two track machines were eventually built here between 1922 and 1940. There were both passenger models and freight hauling models.
   
3. THE WHITE SNOWMOBILE  ................... The White Snowmobile was developed in West Ossipee, New Hampshire in 1923 by Vero White, and was offered in three different tread widths. Even the Egyptians bought one of these machines for use in sand.
   
4. SNOW BIRD - SNOW FLYER             .................. B. P Arps and Adolf L. Langenfeld, both of New Holstein, Wisconsin, worked sometimes as partners and sometimes as competitors on these automobile conversion snowmobiles. One of the several thousand built went to the South Pole for use by Admiral Byrd in 1931.
   
5. J. ARMAND BOMBARDIER             ................... Bombardier began his experiments with a propeller driven vehicle in 1922, but went on to produce both the large twin track type of snowmobile as well as the single track design. His introduction of the Ski-Doo in 1958 started a snowmobile boom and resulted in Bombardier becoming the world's largest producer of single tracked snowmobiles.
   
6. ESKYMOBILE/STILTMOBILE          ................. In 1923 Henry Swansen of Almena, Wisconsin began development work on automobile conversion snowmobiles, using both Model T and Model A Ford chassis. His most interesting model was the STILTMOBILE which used wheels up to 64" diameter. Approximately 100 machines were manufactured.
   
7. THE ELIASON MOTOR TOBOGGAN                 ........... Sayner, Wisconsin is the birthplace of the single track "motor toboggan" which was the forerunner of the modern recreational snowmobile. Carl Eliason began his experimental work in 1924 with production taking place in Sayner, then in Clintonville, Wisconsin, and later in Kitchener, Ontario.
   
8. THE LORCH SNOWPLANE           .................... Karl Lorch began development work at Spy Hills, Saskatchewan in 1928. He used a four ski design and even offered a hydraulically operated wheel conversion for bare ground operation. Production occurred over a 35 year time span during which Lorch became the world's largest snowplane producer.
   
9. THE FUDGE SNOW SEDAN            ................... Robert Fudge started with a 3 ski design in 1929 but changed to a 4 ski arrangement in his later production. He manufactured a high quality, professionally constructed snow plane. Some models used aircraft engines while others used an industrial Chrysler engine with V-belt drive in order to lower the centre of gravity. One sale was made to far away Australia.
   
10. PAUL STROM AND GORDON GREST              .......... Strom and Grest began work on snowplanes in 1929, one of which had the propeller in front, like an airplane. Strom went on to supply propellers for snowplane manufacturers in the 30's and 40's and oak skis for motor toboggan manufacturers in the 50's.
    
11. THE TUCKER SNO-CAT            ...................... Emmit M. Tucker began experiments in 1931 with auger-type propulsion systems. He pioneered development of pontoon-type tracks and became a leading manufacturer of snow grooming vehicles.