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Photographer: Frank L. France
Taken: Circa 1910
Caption: The old McClure Machine Shop of West Middletown, Pennsylvania
Additional Description: This is a Frank France photograph of the Old McClure Machine Shop that was located in West Middletown, Pennsylvania. The McClure Machine Shop was located west of the house and was used by Mr. McClure for manufacturing the threshing machine which Andrew Ralston had patented in 1842. Mr. McClure produced and shipped down river a large number of the machines, but they rotted on the wharf at St. Louis because there was no demand for this product. This photograph is housed in the collection of the Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life in Avella, PA. Courtesy: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Submitted: April 29, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p151690
File Size: 0.090 Megabytes

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