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Collection, Preservation and Display of Old Lawn Mowers

Birth of Alexander Shanks

 

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER SHANKS
Year Event
1801 Birth of Alexander Shanks in a settlement close to modern-day Douglastown near Forfar, Scotland.
1825 Establishes business in Arbroath to make spinning and other machines.
1834 Registers patent for "preparing and dressing hemp and other fibrous surfaces"
1829 Marries Ann Braid in St Vigeans, Forfarshire.
1831 Birth of son, James Shanks (1831-1909).
1840 Founds Alexander Shanks and Son.
1841 Manufactures prototype lawn mower for Carnegie.
1842 Patents lawnmower designs which are offered to market. Second manufacturer after Ferrabee.
1845 Dies.