Henry F French no doubt read about John Johnston's experiments in farm drainage. In fact in the mid 1850's Henry purchased 1000 ft of clay tile at a cost of $25.00 per thousand (included shipping by rail) May have been 2" round clay tiles.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
Horseshoe Clay Tile
Recently I spent a few days visiting The Mike Weaver Drain Tile Museum in Geneva, NY. In 1835 John Johnston received several sample horseshoe shaped clay tile from Scotland. He had a local crockery produce 3000 of these horseshoe shaped clay tile so he could drain his farmland.
Henry F French no doubt read about John Johnston's experiments in farm drainage. In fact in the mid 1850's Henry purchased 1000 ft of clay tile at a cost of $25.00 per thousand (included shipping by rail) May have been 2" round clay tiles.
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Picture courtesy of Geneva Historical Society
Henry F French no doubt read about John Johnston's experiments in farm drainage. In fact in the mid 1850's Henry purchased 1000 ft of clay tile at a cost of $25.00 per thousand (included shipping by rail) May have been 2" round clay tiles.
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3 comments:
Those drains are fascinating -- how do they keep from sinking down in the mud and clogging?
Oh! The horseshoe shape tile looking in the picture are really amazing. It looks like very hard and well molded tile.
These horseshoe clay tiles were improved on by putting "feet" or a sole plate that they would rest on top of.
These improvements were designed to help prevent the tile from sinking in the mud.
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