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Started by detail_stymied, February 03, 2017, 04:13:19 AM

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February 03, 2017, 04:13:19 AM
does anyone know when slat & wire fence* became commercially available for dune stabilization or snow retention? i would hate to join a "fence forum" just to get this one answer, but my internet searches are not turning up anything.

thanks

* https://www.annexgalleries.com/inventory/detail/18218/Gordon-Grant/The-Sand-Fence
s.e. charles

Ray Dunakin

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February 03, 2017, 07:13:28 AM
It must go back quite a ways. Here's a photo of a slat and wire snow fence being installed in 1940:

http://cdn.modernfarmer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/farmwinter4.jpg


And here's a patent from 1929, that appears to be a variation of even earlier designs:

https://www.google.com/patents/US1721894

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mabloodhound

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February 12, 2017, 09:34:58 AM
A Google article said they've been in use in some form since 1850's
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detail_stymied

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February 14, 2017, 06:20:20 AM
thank you. i have been rather embarrassed by the pointing out the picture i linked was drawn in 1947. since this is the time frame i wish to recreate, it is perfect validation for including this style fence. which i originally feared to contemporary.
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