Antique Vintage UNIQUE Dog Powered Treadmill Elmira NY Late 1800's

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Local Pickup in Johnson City, NEW YORK. CASH ONLY ON PICKUP.
This is the only one of these on EBAY, or anywhere else online, actually!!!
I found the following online about this Dog-powered treadmill:
It was built by the Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Troy, Pennsylvania and sold by Grant and DeWaters in Elmira, New York between 1872-1898. Via the State Museum:
Dog powers or dog treadmills were used to power mechanical devices such as fanning mills and washing machines. If a dog was not available, a sheep or goat would have worked as well.
This is a railroad style dog power, as opposed to a rotary style treadmill, where the animal walked on a circular platform. Once the animal was placed on the inclined plane, the brake was released. To keep from falling backwards, the animal walked to maintain his place while the endless segmented belt under his feet moved in the opposite direction. A belt drove the mill or washer.
The 7th picture is what is looks like. As you can see by my pictures it will need to be reassembled, but all the pieces are there.