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McCormick Horse-Drawn Mower (1934), Rüggeberg

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Location: Ennepetal, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Roh Bert

October 30, 2022

Mowing machine, McCormick factory, Neuss factory
Model: A pair of horses, built in 1934

A gift from the volunteer fire brigade, Rüggeberg extinguishing group, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Rüggeberg local history association, set up here in November 2004.

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Isi-Sicilia

November 2, 2022

An old McCormick mower from 1934. It is a double carriage for horses.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

May 29, 2024

"... At the beginning of the 19th century, an American farmer needed around 14 hours to mow an acre with a sickle. The English unit of area was equivalent to just under 4,047 square meters, which in turn was just under two-thirds of a football field. The 22-year-old farmer's son Cyrus McCormick, who worked in his father's agricultural machinery workshop in the US state of Virginia, wanted to make the laborious work more efficient. That's why he and his brother Leander James developed a horse-drawn mower by 1831. The cutting device was attached to the side so that the animals didn't trample on the grain..."
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McCormick Horse-Drawn Mower (1934), Rüggeberg

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