Steel Moldboard Plow, circa 1890

Artifact

Plow (Agricultural equipment)

Date Made

circa 1890

Creators

Ames Plow Company 

Knox, Samuel A. 

Sessions, F. E. 

Place of Creation

United States, Massachusetts, Boston 

United States, New York, New York 

United States, Massachusetts, Worcester 

Creator Notes

Manufactured by Ames Plow Company of Boston and New York City based a patent by Samuel A. Knox and F. E. Sessions of Worcester, Massachusetts

Greenfield Village
 On Exhibit

at Greenfield Village in Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery

Object ID

24.21.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Wood (Plant material)
Steel (Alloy)

Dimensions

Height: 36 in

Width: 29 in

Length: 94 in

Inscriptions

[OCTOBER 14]1856/[SE]SSIONS & KNOX/PATENT STEEL/FEB 1 1870/PATd HARDENd/MAR 24 1888[?]/X4 1/2

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