Threshing Machine - Owatonna, MN
N 44° 04.101 W 093° 13.083
15T E 482538 N 4879487
This threshing machine is on display at the Steel County Historical Society's Village of Yesteryear. It is located near the fairgrounds, off Austin Road in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Waymark Code: WMEH91
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2012
Views: 5
"The thrashing machine, or, in modern spelling, threshing machine (or simply thresher), was a machine first invented by Scottish mechanical engineer Andrew Meikle for use in agriculture. It was invented (c.1784) for the separation of grain from stalks and husks. For thousands of years, grain was separated by hand with flails, and was very laborious and time consuming. Mechanization of this process took much of the drudgery out of farm labor." (quoted from wikipedia.org)
Use or Purpose of Equipment: Grain Seperator (Threshing Machine)
Approximate age: 90-100 years old (?)
Manufacturer and model: unknown
Still in Use?: No
Location:
On display at the Steel County Historical Society's Village of Yesteryear.
Fee for Access: no
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