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Frank Zybach
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1 ► Nebraska, Platte County, Columbus — 523 — Frank Zybach — Inventor of the Center Pivot Irrigation Machine —  |
| Born in 1894, Frank Zybach grew up in Loup Township, Platte County, Nebraska. He began inventing at age 13. In 1948, he developed a prototype of a self-propelled sprinkler irrigation machine. In 1952, the “Zybach Self-Propelled Sprinkling . . . — — Map (db m181698) HM | |||
| 2 ► Nebraska, Kearney County, Minden — Center Pivot Irrigator — Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering — |
| Frank Zybach, farming near Strasburg, Colorado, patented a "Self-Propelled Sprinkling Irrigating Apparatus” on July 22, 1952. Mobile towers carried a pipeline in a circle around a pivot. Sprinklers on the pipeline distributed the water. In 1954, . . . — — Map (db m147176) HM | |||