Ralston Thresher

Title

Ralston Thresher

Title

Ralston Thresher

Date

1947-05-28

County

Washington

Type

Roadside

Marker Location

Pa. 844 at West Middletown

Marker Text

Nearby was the site of the Robert McClure factory of pre-Civil War days. It pioneered in making Andrew Ralston's machine cleaning and threshing grain in a single operation, patented in 1842.

Files

ralston-thresher.jpg

Citation

“Ralston Thresher,” The Land of Penn and Plenty: Bringing History to the Table, accessed March 28, 2024, https://pafoodways.omeka.net/items/show/18.