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Morrow, James (1843 - 1910)

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Inventor and Manufacturer

Born: 1843 Tyrone, Ireland. Died: 3 September 1910 Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia.

James Morrow patented a stripper harvester in January 1884. He had won £75 in the Dookie field trials in December 1883 and it was in operation two months before H.V. McKay (qv) completed his machine. It was thus the first successful machine of this type.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P003800. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001
Modified: 2 August 2006

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