A self-raking, or sail reaper
A self-raking, or sail reaper, a design which dispensed with the man needed on earlier machines to rake the cut crop onto the ground. The design work was completed by the early 1860s but was popular well into the 20th century
Picture No
50176492
Media ID
50176492
Size
4942px x 3805px
(6.2MB)
Credit
© Historic England / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Henry William Taunt - Historic England Archive
Date
1900
