Tree Fruit Sprayer #1 - Creston, British Columbia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 49° 06.337 W 116° 31.334
11U E 534871 N 5439306
One of the large array of farm implements in their collection, this orchard sprayer is on display in a long equipment shed at the south end of the Creston Museum.
Waymark Code: WMKEG9
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 03/31/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member graylling
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The museum has two orchard sprayers on display, this one being the older of the two by 20 or 30 years. It was likely made in the 1910s by an unknown manufacturer, though it could well have been made by the Bean Spray Pump Company. Bean was by far the largest manufacturer of orchard sprayers at that time and remains a major force in the industry today.
Tree Fruit Sprayer This sprayer could have been used as far back as the 1920s and up to the mid 1940s. The machine is horse drawn with a gasoline engine up front to power the pump and agitator. The pump was likely a Bean Triplex which was the most popular for the time period.

The sprayer would have four wheels, originally steel but later converted to rubber for easier movement.

Use or Purpose of Equipment: Orchard/Fruit Sprayer

Approximate age: ca. 100 years

Manufacturer and model: Possibly the Bean Spray Pump Company - model unknown

Still in Use?: No

Location:
Equipment shed at the Creston Museum

Fee for Access: no
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