Near Railroad Highway 0.2 miles west of South 8th Road, on the left when traveling west.
Before the advent of mechanized diggers, a farmer could only harvest as many potatoes that he could dig by hand. This mechanized digger, invented by Isaac Hoover, could harvest hundreds of bushels a day. It could dig the potatoes, sift and separate . . . — — Map (db m308974) HM
On West 4th Street at Walnut Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 4th Street.
The Hoover potato digger was the invention of Isaac W. Hoover (1845-1941).
It was patented in 1885 and formally introduced to the world at the 1893
Chicago's World Fair. Over time, the digger became immensely popular and
the Hoover . . . — — Map (db m170788) HM
