Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

9

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

WOOD CONSTRUCTION

Dimensions

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

Longueur

609,0 cm

Largeur

213,0 cm

Hauteur

274,0 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Agriculture

Catégorie

Manutention de récolte

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

Waterloo

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Ville

Waterloo

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

Inconnu

Canada

The Waterloo Champion Separator, a wood-framed thresher, was first manufactured by Bricker & Co. in 1880. The thresher featured grain-separating technology patented in the 1870s by John Beam. In 1888, E.W.B. Snider bought Bricker and incorporated it into the Waterloo Manufacturing Co. The Champion was made in eastern and western models; in 1908, Waterloo establishing a manufacturing plant in Portage la Prairie. The company continued to produce threshers into the 1940s.

Fonction

Threshers separate or "thresh" grain from the head. They also separate grain kernels from the straw and chaff, cleaning the grain. Threshers were first developed in Europe in the late 18th century and mechanized the separation of grain, which was previously done by hand with tools such as flails. The first threshing machines were stationary: powered by hand or treadmill, they increased the amount of grain a farmer could separate in a day. Wheeled threshing machines began to replace stationary threshers in the 1860s and further mechanized grain harvesting. Threshers were initially built of wood and powered by horse-powered windlasses; they were later built of steel and powered by steam traction engines and gas tractors. Threshers were in turn replaced through the twentieth century by combine harvesters, which merged harvesting and threshing operations in one machine.

Technique

Wheeled threshing machines were first introduced in the 1860s. Replacing stationary ground threshers, they further mechanized grain harvesting and increased the amount of grain a farmer could process in a day. Initially built of wood and powered by horse power, threshers were later powered by steam traction engines and gas tractors. The Waterloo Champion was a distinctive thresher with its high rear end and double gear wheels. This thresher is hand-decorated with painted scroll-work and pin-striping, a characteristic of agricultural implements made before the 20th century. Threshers of all-wood construction, such as this one were replaced in the early 20th century with threshers of all-steel construction; through the mid-20th century, wheeled threshers were replaced by combine harvesters, which merged reaping and threshing operations in one self-propelled machine.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

'WATERLOO CHAMPION'

Manque

COMPLETE; NEEDS CLEANING

Fini

ONLY ONE WHEELCOMPLETE/ PTS: CURTINS FOR STRAW CARRIER; CANVAS FOR STRAW CARRIER; HORSE POWER GEAR; TWO CONCAVES; GEAR WISH LEVER/ ORIGINAL PAINT VERY GOOD BUT MACHINES NEEDS WASHING WITH WARM WATER AND MILD DETERGENT

Décoration

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