This cement press resides in the barn on Tyden Farm number 6 along with other historical farm tools as part of an agricultural museum. The cement press was utilized
on the Tyden farms where concrete was used in many of the buildings.
Around 1920, Tyden's boxcar seal factory caught fire and he became interested in fire prevention. Tyden became acquainted with a St. Louis businessman who claimed to have developed some designs for fire sprinklers and valves. When Tyden found out the…
Mr. Tyden invented this table lock after noticing a pedestal table badly spread at the base in a store. When he asked the clerk about it, she said "These tables all spead at the bottom. It can't be helped". Tyden proeeded to invent a lock which holds…
While working for the Union Pacific Railroad as a young man, Tyden noticed that the freight train doors were sealed with a soldering iron and press, a time consuming project that led to delays. Tyden studied this problem and eventually producedthe…
This imprint in the cement foundation of the red barn on Tyden farm #6 is representative of the imprints on many of the farm buildings on the Tyden farms
