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Katanning Historical Society > Records

Chaff cutter at 'COOMPATINE'

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c. 1910

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Overview

A sepia photograph of a steam chaff cutter in front of a haystack. The chaff cutter is connected to a steam engine via a conveyor, there is a man in the middle of the photograph leaning on the conveyor belt. There are two men who are sitting at one end of the chaff cutter and when it is operating they would be feeding the hay into the chaff cutter. After the chaff cutter has cut the hay, the chaff then falls into the bag that is hanging off the chaff cutter. When the bag is full then the bag holder is swung out and changed with the other bag holder. There is one man standing next to an empty bag holder, whilst another man is sitting on a bag of chaff. There are bags of chaff in front and to the right of these men. The photograph is mounted on cream cardboard.

Historical information

Thomas Gibson Haddleton was an early settler of Katanning and named his property 'Coompatine' .

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-202-HSP1987.107

Item type

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Material

Photographic Paper

Width

24.7000 cm

Height or length

20 cm

Inscriptions and markings

On the back of the photograph hand written in pencil is "Steam Chaff Cutter 'Coompatine' 1910" and in red text "J.C. HADDLETON".

Contextual Information

This picture is particularly important as it shows how a steam engine was used to power a chaff cutter, and how a chaff cutter operated and the appearance of the machine.

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Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Links to additional resources

Lost Katanning - Haddleton Family

History of the Haddleton family.

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Copyright category

Date of creation +70 years

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Attribution requirements

Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.

Katanning Historical Society

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