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
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
27 March 1964
Subject Date
07 October 1924
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.N.B.35528
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in
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