McCormick Dump Rake - Golden, BC
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N 51° 17.508 W 116° 57.665
11U E 502713 N 5682275
At the southern end of downtown Golden, their museum holds an eclectic collection of locally pertinent artefacts.
Waymark Code: WMVK5B
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 04/27/2017
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Housed in a relatively small building, the museum houses a collection of artefacts, documents and photographs. They have managed to squeeze an amazing number of interesting displays into the building. They have pictorial and textual displays on the Swiss Guides in Golden, the first Sikh People, Explorer and Cartographer David Thompson, Riverboats on the Columbia River, Red River Carts (with a replica cart), Metis people, Early Settlers and the Stolen church of Windermere. Artefacts include many household items and appliances, gold mining paraphernalia, and, outside, a collection of farm implements.
n the middle of the equipment lineup, along with a hay rake, hay tedder and a hay loader is this horse drawn and ground driven sickle mower. Made by International Harvester under the Deering name, this looks to be a six foot unit (length of sickle bar, that is). I couldn't get a model number off this one, but given that it has the IHC logo beneath the seat and Deering stamped on the casting it would be a post 1911 machine. The style and the open gears say that it is an old one, though.
