Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

6

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

CAST IRON, STEEL, WOOD

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

610,0 cm

Largeur

255,0 cm

Hauteur

322,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

2721,6

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Agriculture

Catégorie

Amélioration des terres

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Buckeye

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Ohio

Ville

Findlay

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

1890s to 1920s

Canada

This machine was used in a provincial land-drainage program initiated by the Ontario Department of Agriculture in 1905. Ross Irwin notes that the Buckeye company "monopolized the Canadian business to 1955."

Fonction

Dtichers dig trenches, and lay tile drains, to drain wet land for improved agricultural production (often to make 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.

Technique

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers designated the Buckeye Steam Traction Ditcher as an International Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 1988. Text from the document marking the occasion notes that the "Buckeye steam traction ditcher was designed to dig ditches for agricultural drainage tile, but could dig open trenches for any type of pipeline or for developing open drainage ditches...The digging wheel had neither spokes nor axle, which allowed it to dig to a depth equal to its diameter less the depth of the cross belt-conveyor. The width of the ditch could be altered by changing the digging buckets and adjusting the digging-wheel frame and bearings." https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/.../133-Buckeye-Steam-Traction-Ditcher.pdf James B. Hill was founder of the Buckeye Steam Ditcher Company, which began operations in Bowling Green, Ohio in 1893. The company moved several times and was known as the Buckeye Traction Ditcher Company when it moved to Findlay, Ohio. About 700 steam ditchers were produced and shipped from Findlay before 1910. More than 2000 were ultimately sold including many into southwestern Ontario. Source: Ohio History Connection https://www.ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll36/id/2258 See also the finding aid MS 380 - Buckeye Traction Ditcher Collection, Garwood Industries at Bowling Green State University's Center for Archival Collections. https://lib.bgsu.edu/finding_aids/items/show/134

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

OBSCURED

Manque

BOILER (boiler has been replaced with relatively modern, all welded version)

Fini

RUSTY

Décoration

S/O