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43-456: George Buchanan's sawmill, the first on the lake, operated 1889–1892. The name Sawmill Point outlasted the mill itself. When Walter W. West preempted 65 hectares (160 acres) of lakeshore property in 1894, the point became better known as West's Landing by the late 1890s. In 1895, Andrew McCoy made a similar preemption about 800 metres (880 yd) downstream from the present ferry, from which Chinese labourers cut cordwood. The wood stockpile became

86-753: A 103.5 in (2,630 mm) wheelbase with a final drive ratio of 3.77:1. The transmission was a conventional unsynchronized three-speed sliding-gear manual with a single speed reverse. The Model A had four-wheel mechanical drum brakes . The Model A came in a wide variety of styles including coupes (standard and deluxe), business coupe, sports coupe, roadster coupes (standard and deluxe), convertible cabriolet , convertible sedan , phaetons (standard and deluxe), Tudor sedans (standard and deluxe), town car, Fordors (five-window standard, three-window deluxe), Victoria, town sedan, station wagon, taxicab, truck, and commercial. The very rare special coupe started production around March 1928 and ended in mid-1929. The Model A

129-512: A contract was awarded for the construction of a new wooden scow, which entered service the next year. A 1931 Model A Ford engine, mounted on a sponson , used sprockets and chains to power the drive shaft fitted with propellers at each end. In 1939, high winds and waves snapped the cable, sending the ferry ashore downstream. Tugs and the Nasookin retrieved the vessel. During the early 1940s, sandbars required dredging near both shores. In 1941,

172-556: A design-build contract to supply four new cable ferries. In each, a John Deere 4045 diesel engine with 110 kW output powers a DC alternator for onboard electrics and a radial piston hydraulic motor to a dual bullwheel traction winch. Launched in 2019, the Harrop II was the third vessel to be delivered under the Waterbridge contract. The carrying capacity is 24 vehicles and 98 passengers. While docked during off-peak hours,

215-618: A gas station opened. In 1930, the Harrop Co-op sold the gas station site to Herbert Fairbank and Jack Berry, who erected a store on the property, having already bought the Harrop general store, west of the wharf road. The post office moved to the new store a short distance south. Until 1930, CP's Nasookin stopped both ways on the Nelson–Kootenay Landing run. At this time, a CP gravel pit existed at Harrop. CP did not establish

258-590: A green and black 1931 Tudor sedan, has been a staple of University of North Texas football games and special events since 1974, maintained by the spirit organization Talons since the 1980s. The Ramblin' Wreck , a 1930 sports coupe, is the official mascot of the student body at the Georgia Institute of Technology and appears at sporting events and student body functions. Ala Kart , a customized 1929 roadster pickup built by George Barris , won two straight " America's Most Beautiful Roadster " awards at

301-521: A licensed version from 1932–1936. In Europe, where in some countries cars were taxed according to engine size, Ford in the UK manufactured the Model A with a smaller displacement engine of 2,043 cc (124.7 cu in), providing a claimed output of 28 hp (21 kW; 28 PS). However, this equated to a British fiscal horsepower of 14.9  hp (11.1  kW ; 15.1  PS ) (compared to

344-469: A log raft pushed by a launch largely moved cattle. Constructed at the Nelson ferry landing, the wooden four-car-capacity scow was guided by a 520-metre (1,700 ft) cable and propelled by a 14 hp engine below deck. In August 1925, the ferry inauguration provided road access to the south shore. Premier John Oliver conducted the official opening ceremony about a week later. The Harrop–Longbeach ferry

387-590: A major refueling station on the west arm for steamboats . When the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) opened the Nelson– Procter spur in 1900, a siding was installed near the McCoy's property. Although land developers called the locality Trafalgar, the more popular usages were McCoy's Siding, McCoy Station, or McCoy's Point. Sawmill Point, West's, and 13-mile point were also used interchangeably for

430-488: A passenger train stop until the opening of the Procter–Kootenay Landing rail link in 1931. The packing shed was demolished in the late 1950s. The Stafford Lumber mill operated from 1955 until the late 1960s. The first part of the Harrop hall was completed in 1958, and additions added in 1964 and 1976. The United church closed in 1962 and the post office the next year. The general store closed about this time. On

473-417: A reduced rate, on these runs outside the regular operating hours. In 1929, while below deck, the operator died of carbon monoxide poisoning from the gasoline engine. By 1930, operating hours extended in the summer, before reverting to 7am to 7pm. That year, truck traffic carrying construction materials dropped dramatically on completion of the rail link. In 1934, dry rot was discovered in the scow. In 1937,

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516-402: A residence, is owned by the Harrop and District Community Centre, and now houses a gallery that showcases local artists and facilitates arts workshops. In 2021, two locomotives and eight cars of a freight train derailed near Harrop. The dry dock immediately to the east at Sunshine Bay, which has operated since 1955, was towed to a Nelson shipyard in 2021. Sydney Hutcheson (1908–1975), author,

559-469: Is named. Jerram's Landing was a stop on the 1913 CP steamboat timetable. Fox Landing was named for brothers, George Oscar Montague Fox and Beaufoy Howard Fox, whose ranch included the location. In 1908, they established the Kootenay Jam Co. in their house but relocated the business to Nelson the following year. In 1927, Longbeach landing ceased to be a stop for passing steamboats. In early years,

602-678: The A-Model Ford or the A , and A-bone among hot rodders and customizers ) is the Ford Motor Company 's second market success, replacing the venerable Model T which had been produced for 18 years. It was first produced on October 20, 1927, but not introduced until December 2. This new Model A ( a previous model had used the name in 1903–04) was designated a 1928 model and was available in four standard colors. By February 4, 1929, one million Model As had been sold, and by July 24, two million. The range of body styles ran from

645-451: The Model 18 , which introduced Ford's new flathead (sidevalve) V8 engine . Prices for the Model A ranged from US$ 385 for a roadster to US$ 1,400 for the town car. The engine was a water-cooled L-head inline four with a displacement of 201 cu in (3.3 L). This engine provided 40 hp (30 kW; 41 PS). Top speed was around 65 mph (105 km/h). The Model A had

688-659: The Oakland Roadster Show before making numerous film and television appearances. Between October 1992 and December 1994, Hector Quevedo, along with his son Hugo, drove a 1928 Model A 22,000 mi (35,406 km) from his home in Punta Arenas , Chile to Ford headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan . The car required minimal service, including a flat tire and transmission work in Nicaragua, and is now housed in

731-681: The West Arm Provincial Park is called the Harrop-Procter Community Forest. In 1999, the Harrop-Procter Community Co-operative was incorporated to manage this forest. Harrop-Procter Forest Products, a subsidiary of the co-op, operates a portable sawmill using Wood-Mizer machinery. Of the 2.8 million board feet of logs harvested each year using ecologically sound practices, about 1 million board feet are processed by

774-537: The "virgin wilderness" and building homes and farms without regard to land title. The improvements increased the value of all the nearby property. Eventually the political opposition by the speculators crumbled and the Preemption Act of 1841 was passed. The Preemption Act of 1841 was abused by speculators who now operated as money lending businesses, or were able to coerce accomplices to falsely claim they were living on land that they wanted. A common example of

817-645: The 1959 opening of the Nelson orange bridge, this vessel served that crossing, and then the Castlegar – Robson crossing until the Robson road bridge opened in the early 1990s. The vessel was dismantled and reassembled for the Harrop service. The maximum capacity was 48 passengers and 21 vehicles. During 2018, the ferry carried about 290,000 vehicles and 419,000 passengers. The British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) commissioned Capilano Maritime Design to partner with Waterbridge Steel Inc. in

860-401: The 24  hp (18  kW ; 24  PS ) of the larger engine) and attracted a punitive annual car tax levy of £1 per fiscal hp in the UK. It, therefore, was expensive to own and too heavy and uneconomical to achieve volume sales, so it was unable to compete in the newly developing mass market while also too crude to compete as a luxury product. European manufactured Model As failed to achieve

903-588: The Harrop Co-op packing shed could eventually process 750 boxes of apples per day. The upper storey was a community centre, which hosted social events, including the annual fall fair. That year, the United church assumed the Methodist congregation. Also, the Nelson–Procter jitney stage service commenced in tandem with the river-crossing ferry, but does not appear to have operated during the wintertime. The next year,

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946-411: The Harrop general store. In 1910, a Methodist church was built and an adequate road was completed to Procter Edith Sinclair was the inaugural teacher for the 1908/09 school year. Lacking sufficient numbers to be government funded, the class was held in a log shack. A couple of years later, classes temporarily moved into the new church building, before a one-room school was erected in 1912. Built in 1925,

989-622: The Model T production system's rigidity, became apparent. The era of " flexible mass production " had begun. The Model A was well-represented in the media of the era since it was one of the most common cars. Model kits remain available from hobby shops as stock cars or hot rods . High-quality die-cast Model As are represented in 1/24 scale by the Danbury Mint 1931 roadster and the Franklin Mint 1930 Tudor sedan. Several models have obtained particular fame. The Mean Green Machine ,

1032-538: The Tudor at US$ 500 (in grey, green, or black) ($ 8,872 in 2023 dollars ) to the town car with a dual cowl at US$ 1,200 ($ 21,293 in 2023 dollars ). In March 1930, Model A sales hit three million, and there were nine body styles available. Model A production ended in March 1932, after 4,858,644 had been made in all body styles. Its successor was the Model B , which featured an updated inline four-cylinder engine , as well as

1075-616: The engine was remounted down in the scow to provide direct-drive propulsion. Built by Western Bridge and Steel Fabricators and launched in July 1946, the 21.3-by-7.3-by-1.4-metre (70 by 24 by 4.5 ft) single-lane steel barge entered service in June 1947. In 1952, operating times increased one hour on weekdays and two hours at weekends. In 1954, the service was renamed the Harrop ferry. In 1955, weekday hours were increased to 19 and Saturday to 21. Built as Hull #123 by Allied Shipbuilders in 1961,

1118-412: The ferry deck at Longbeach and plunged into the water. The inaugural Annual Harrop Harvest Festival was held in 2002. The mid-September festival comprises the sale of local handicrafts, produce, and baked goods, with live music performances. The term Harrop-Procter is used to indicate an aggregation of the two communities. The two serve as an eco-tourism destination, and a section of land that backs onto

1161-667: The latter practice was in the logging industry in the upper Midwest , where mill workers who lived in mill towns made a preemption claim on timber land that would then be harvested by the mill owners. Another avenue of fraud was the Desert Land Act , which did not include the residence requirement, although the preempting claimant still needed to improve the land, primarily by providing a water source. In California, tens of thousands of acres of land were claimed via false preemptors – "dummy entrymen" – on behalf of several large land speculating companies. The Preemption Act of 1841

1204-468: The minimum price. Land was otherwise sold through auction, typically at a price too high for these settlers. Preemption is similar to squatter's rights and mining claims . Preemption was politically controversial, primarily among land speculators and their allies in government. In the early history of the United States, and even to some degree during the colonial era, settlers were moving into

1247-501: The northern shore at today's ferry, Frederick E. West obtained a 65-hectare (160-acre) preemption in 1894. A series of landings existed downstream. When the government wharf was built a quarter mile downstream at Hallett's Landing in 1913, that landing was renamed Longbeach. In 1906, John Henry Jerram bought some of West's lakeside property, one part of which he sold to the Fox brothers, and another to Leslie Wightwick, for whom Wightwick Road

1290-641: The sales success in Europe that would greet their smaller successor in Britain and Germany. From the mid-1910s through the early 1920s, Ford dominated the automotive market with its Model T. However, during the mid-1920s, this dominance eroded as competitors, especially the various General Motors divisions, caught up with Ford's mass production system and began to better Ford in some areas, especially by offering more powerful engines, new convenience features, or cosmetic customization. Ford's sales force recognized

1333-582: The sawmill, and the balance are sold to other mills in the region. The other significant Harrop business is the PRT Harrop nursery, which grows all the commercial tree species found in Canada and the western US, as well as standard seedlings. The nursery was established in 1982 after a successful pilot project launched in 1976 upon the site of former Stafford mill. In 2020, the property sustained some fire damage. The former schoolhouse (1912), which later became

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1376-404: The steamer landing and locality. In a post office application, the authorities rejected the name Trafalgar, but accepted Harrop after Ernest Harrop, the inaugural postmaster 1907–1930. Similarly, Mill Creek was renamed Harrop Creek. Harrop Point is also named for the locality. In 1903, a subdivision for orchards was created, which by 1909 had developed into a settlement that included a school and

1419-405: The threat and advised Henry to respond to it. Initially, he resisted, but the T's sagging market share finally forced him to admit a replacement was needed. When he finally agreed to begin development of this new model, he focused on the mechanical aspects and on what today is called design for manufacturability (DFM), which he had always strongly embraced and for which the Model T production system

1462-600: The two-lane, 10-vehicle, 50 passenger steel ferry entered service in April 1962. The additional length could accommodate logging trucks. Very long ramps were fitted to the ferry to improve loading/unloading. Up to this time, a cumbersome to move wooden ramp was repositioned up/down the slipway based upon the water level. In 1965, 24-hour summer service was introduced. Of the career operators, Bunt Ogilvie retired in 1966 after 32 years of service; Bert Fitchett in 1975 after 40 years; and Bim Rowley in 1978 after 33 years. Prior to

1505-503: The vessel's on-board batteries supply power, reducing noise at the terminal and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. The ferry service is under contract to MOTI and is free of tolls, as are all inland ferries in British Columbia. Western Pacific Marine operates the five-minute crossing, which is on-demand 24 hours a day. Driving down the ramp at Harrop before the ferry arrival cost a life. Two drowned when their vehicle traversed

1548-448: Was a resident 1947–1975. William Charles Lawrence "Larry" Piper (1880–1955), skating champion and professional baseball player, was a resident 1920–1955. Richard Gibbons Pope (1850–1929), politician, who earlier served as mayor of Mortlach, Saskatchewan , was a resident 1922–1929. 49°36′33″N 117°03′07″W  /  49.60917°N 117.05194°W  / 49.60917; -117.05194 Preemption (land) Preemption

1591-429: Was a term used in the nineteenth century to refer to a settler's right to purchase public land at a federally set minimum price; it was a right of first refusal . Usually this was conferred to male heads of households who developed the property into a farm. If he was a citizen or was taking steps to become one and he and his family developed the land (buildings, fields, fences) he had the right to then buy that land for

1634-469: Was determined that the Model A would rely more on drop forgings than the Model T, but his ideas to improve the DFM of forging did not prove practical. Eventually, Ford's engineers persuaded him to relent, lest the Model A's production cost force up its retail price too much. It was during the period from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s that the limits of the first generation of mass production , epitomized by

1677-471: Was famous. Although ultimately successful, the development of the Model A included many problems that had to be resolved. For example, the die stamping of parts from sheet steel , which the Ford company had led to new heights of development with the Model T production system, was something Henry had always been ambivalent about; it had brought success, but he felt that it was not the best choice for durability. He

1720-466: Was optional. In cooler climates, owners could purchase an aftermarket cast iron unit to place over the exhaust manifold to provide heat to the cab. A small door provided adjustment of the amount of hot air entering the cab. The Model A was the first car to have safety glass in the windshield. The Soviet company GAZ , which started as a joint venture between Ford and the Soviet Union, made

1763-1072: Was pivotal, but was neither the beginning nor the end of the issue of preemption. The Land Act of 1804 , the Homestead Act , the aforementioned Desert Land Act, and other similar land acts addressed the issue of preemption. Ford Model A (1927%E2%80%931931) Convertible sedan (400A) Business coupe Coupe Deluxe coupe Special coupe (1928–29 limited run) Sport coupe Ford or coupe Deluxe coupe Standard Fordor sedan – Murray Standard Fordor sedan – Briggs Deluxe Fordor sedan – Murray Deluxe Fordor sedan – Briggs Leatherback Fordor sedan Standard Fordor sedan – slant windshield Mail truck Panel truck Phaeton 2-door Phaeton 4-door Deluxe service pickup Roadster pickup Cabriolet Pickup Deluxe pickup Standard roadster Roadster utility Deluxe roadster Sport roadster Station wagon Taxi cab Town car Town car delivery Standard Tudor sedan The Ford Model A (also colloquially called

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1806-415: Was the first Ford to use the standard set of driver controls with conventional clutch and brake pedals, throttle, and gearshift. Previous Fords used controls that had become uncommon to drivers of other makes. The Model A's fuel was situated in the cowl, between the engine compartment's fire wall and the dash panel. It had a visual fuel gauge, and the fuel flowed to the carburetor by gravity. A rear-view mirror

1849-404: Was the original name. Longbeach residents would cross to Harrop for their mail, groceries, and social functions at the Harrop packing shed. To provide clearance in low water at each shore, sand was periodically dredged. Travel outside regular hours was not toll free. To encourage non-locals to attend Harrop or Procter dances, the organizers picked up any shortfall to provide free ferry travel, or

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