Horner Motor Sled

Lower 48 Tested; Not Alaska Approved:

Appeared in: Scientific American – 22 January 1922

Designed in Ruby, Alaska by Frank Horner, the motorized “dog sled” was powered by rear wheels that drove a cleated belt. The sled was tested in the Lower 48, but never traveled through Alaska powder.

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