Foden Steam engine and Marshall Sons & Co. Ltd. Threshing drum process in action, threshing out the grain from the straw.

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Threshing – watch a rarely seen harvest activity: threshing the Museum’s long straw wheat in a threshing drum powered by a steam engine, in the lower area of the show arena field. In the days before the combine harvester, the ‘threshing train’ was a common sight working the farms and travelling the lanes during the autumn and winter months. It usually comprised a steam engine, threshing drum, elevator and living van used by the engine driver and his mate. Threshing is part of the harvesting process. Threshing involves separating the grains from the straw either by impact, friction or combing action.

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Location: Autumn Countryside Show , Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Chichester England
Photo credit: © Gary Blake / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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