Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

71#1

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

3

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Metal/ synthetic/ rubber pulley.

Dimensions

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

Longueur

384,0 cm

Largeur

137,0 cm

Hauteur

182,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Agriculture

Catégorie

Amélioration des terres

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Zor

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Ville

Woodstock

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

1972-1980

Canada

A team of Canadian engineers, which included Robert Elms, Anthony Palladino, and Robert Hewitt, designed the Zor Plow after Woodstocker drainage contractor Art Eddy determined that a Canadian market existed for such equipment. Eddy had witnessed the effacity of the British-produced Badger plow to drain land around Chatham for sugar-beet production. Not wanting to lease a Badger, Eddy gathered a team to design a local solution. The southwestern Ontario region was a historical hub for drainage work: Irwin notes that there were more ditchers and trenchers in Kent and Lambton counties than in any other area of Ontario. Land drainage increased after 1910 as farmers sought to increase acreage for the cultivation of specialized cash crops such as sugar beets. See https://www.drainagecontractor.com/business/the-double-link-plow for a story that includes interviews with its developers.

Fonction

The Zor plow is a high-speed double-linkage plow designed to lay drainage tile and/or cable in one operation. High-speed plow-in equipment that could lay drainage tile (and other subsurface infrastructure such as electrical or electronic cables) in one pass were first developed in the 1960s (Irwin 1989).

Technique

Drainage tile was traditonally made from clay and laid by hand. The introduction of steam trenchers and ditchers sped the work of digging drains but the actual work of placing tiles was still manual. In the 1960s, continuous corrugated-plastic tubing began to replace clay tiles, and was first used to drain fields in Ontario in 1967. The Zor plow was a Canadian design that competed with British designs and which enable the high-speed laying of plastic drainage tile (as tube is still referred to) in one continuous operation. The Zor could also be equipped with an automatic laser grade-control system. Reference: Irwin, Ross W. "Land Drainage Technology--Canada's Leadership Role." Scientia Canadensis 13, 2 (1989): 102-109. URI : id.erudit.org/iderudit/800288ar DOI : 10.7202/800288ar

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

Metal applique lettering reading "ZORPLOW" on each side.

Manque

S/O

Fini

Painted yellow/ plated parts/ black rubber.

Décoration

S/O