[SEL] Old IHC threshing and plowing days at Mike Burns

bill at antique-engines.com bill at antique-engines.com
Wed Oct 20 12:25:10 PDT 2004


I have a magazine from around the 1917 time period that shows photos of
cable plowing, and it tells of plowing in the czar's empire (referring to
Russia of that time)

Bill

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> From: "Alan Bowen" <alanb2 at webtv.net>
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>> Hi Curt,
>> Thanks for the pictures you managed to get.
> (Big Snip)
>> I would love to see cable plowing some time.  Was that ever done in the
>> U.S. of A. ????
>> Alan Bowen  alanb2 at webtv.net
>
> Hi Alan, I don't know about the US but it was common in the UK.
> We even have a firm that still uses Steam Ploughing Engines to dredge
> the lakes & meres on stately estates. They can pull a scoop across the
> lake with no problem.
> PS see http://community.webshots.com/photo/167571610/167580059GSBXOQ
> A picture I took earlier this year that covers a slight time span. 8^)
> Dave Croft
> England.
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