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- Westinghouse Portable Steam Engine No. 345, Used by Henry Ford - Portable steam engines like this powered grain threshers, sawmills, or corn shellers. Horses pulled them from farm to farm. In 1882, 19-year-old Henry Ford was able to make this engine run well when an older man could not; his first accomplishment in the adult world. Thirty years later Ford tracked down the engine, bought it, and returned it to operating condition.
- circa 1881
- Collections - Artifact
Westinghouse Portable Steam Engine No. 345, Used by Henry Ford
Portable steam engines like this powered grain threshers, sawmills, or corn shellers. Horses pulled them from farm to farm. In 1882, 19-year-old Henry Ford was able to make this engine run well when an older man could not; his first accomplishment in the adult world. Thirty years later Ford tracked down the engine, bought it, and returned it to operating condition.
- Portable Combined Thresher-Separator, circa 1870 - Thresher-separators threshed the harvested grain, removing the grain and chaff (waste) from the straw, and then winnowed the chaff from the grain, all in a continuous flow. These implements greatly reduced the time required for harvest, increasing yields, while reducing the labor costs. This machine incorporates several Westinghouse-patented improvements to the separator.
- circa 1870
- Collections - Artifact
Portable Combined Thresher-Separator, circa 1870
Thresher-separators threshed the harvested grain, removing the grain and chaff (waste) from the straw, and then winnowed the chaff from the grain, all in a continuous flow. These implements greatly reduced the time required for harvest, increasing yields, while reducing the labor costs. This machine incorporates several Westinghouse-patented improvements to the separator.