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Farm safety problem of child climbing conveyor belt, viewed from below, 1953

Farm safety problem of child climbing conveyor belt, viewed from below, 1953

Title

Farm safety problem of child climbing conveyor belt, viewed from below, 1953

Description

Viewed from below, little Sorenson climbs up the conveyor that carries crops from the wagon to the top of the bins on the family farm, in an example of a farm safety issue.
The teaching of agricultural engineering at Iowa State University began in 1903 and was overseen by the Department of Agronomy from 1905 to 1907. The Department of Agricultural Engineering was formally established in 1907. It was renamed the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990. In 2004, the Department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology. It is jointly administered by the College of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Creator

Benn; Iowa State University

Source

09-07-F.AgEngr.555-03-002-2

Publisher

Iowa State University Library Special Collections; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html

Date

1953

Rights

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Relation

University Photographs; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/collections/images.html

Format

Photograph

Type

Image (grayscale)
Image

Identifier

09-07-F.AgEngr.555-03-002-2
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