Ditching machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WHEEL TYPE/TRACKED GROUND DRIVE
- DATE
- 1913
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0621.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Buckeye Traction Ditcher Co.
- MODEL
- 2
- LOCATION
- Findlay, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1300
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON/ STEEL/ WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 935.0 cm
- Width
- 320.0 cm
- Height
- 270.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Land improvement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Buckeye
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Findlay
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1913-1960
- Canada
-
This machine represents the development of mechanized trenching as applied to agricultural and industrial purposes in the early 1900s. The ditcher was purchased by Drury Construction in Arthur, ON in 1913 and used until the 1960s. It was sold, used by the new buyer in a very limited way, and then resold to Ivan Mcdougal, of Arthur. - Function
-
Dtichers dig trenches and lay tile drains to drain wet land to make it suitable for agricultural production (and often to making it easier for heavier equipment to operate in previously wet fields). Ditchers can also dig open-trenches for laying pipelines or for creating open drainage ditches. - Technical
-
This machine represents development in power units after steam, the use of crawler tracks for propulsion, and application of power to control the position of the digging wheel. The Buckeye Steam Ditcher Company was founded in Bowling Green, Ohio around 1893 by James B. Hil. Hill was founder of the Buckeye Steam Ditcher Company, which was headquartered in Bowling Green, Ohio, in the 1890s. Ross Irwin notes that the Buckeye company "monopolized the Canadian business to 1955." [104] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- 1 DRIVE SPROCKET TO THE DIGGING WHEEL ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THIS DRIVE CHAIN
- Finish
- OBSCURED
- Decoration
- OBSCURED
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Buckeye Traction Ditcher Co., Ditching machine, 1913, Artifact no. 1979.0621, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0621.001/
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