Horse-Powered Machine Used to Run Separator at the Ford Homestead Barn, 1924
THF125355 / Horse-Powered Machine Used to Run Separator at the Ford Homestead Barn, 1924
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Artifact Overview
As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. Some invested in "sweeps," which converted energy generated by horses walking in a circle into power to operate large machines like grain threshers or separators. Sweep operators hauled these devices on specially designed wagons from farm to farm during threshing season.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
07 October 1924
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.188.6422
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11.25 in
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