Frying Pan Farm Park near Herndon in Fairfax County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Threshing Machine

Frick 5660

— 1938 —

Threshing Machine Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 20, 2022

1. Threshing Machine Marker

Inscription. The threshing machine performs three separate operations as one unit. These are: separating, cleaning, and stacking straw, from grains, beans and other seed crops. The machine is powered by a belt connected to a tractor pulley. Frick Company, Inc., home officed in Waynesboro, PA, began manufacturing threshing machines in the 1840's.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1938.

Location. 38° 56.164′ N, 77° 24.476′ W. Marker is near Herndon, Virginia, in Fairfax County. It is in Frying Pan Farm Park. It can be reached from West Ox Road (Virginia Route 608) west of Point Rider Lane, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Herndon VA 20171, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Northern Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: New Ideas for Victory (a few steps from this marker); Van Brunt Mfg. Co. (a few steps from this marker); Side Delivery Hay Rake - Horse Drawn (a few steps from this marker); The Smokehouse / Curing and Smoking Meat (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Middleton Barn (about 400 feet away); The Moffett Family Blacksmith Shop (about 600 feet away); Home Sweet Home (about 600 feet away); The 4-H Building (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Herndon.

The Threshing Machine image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 20, 2022

2. The Threshing Machine

Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 392 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.