Lawnmowers

By Katlin16

  • 1869

    1869
    In 1869 two people in England patened a side wheel lawn mower. This machine was consiferably lighter than the previous roller types.

  • THE FIRST LAWNMOWER

    THE FIRST LAWNMOWER
    The first lawnmower was made in 1870

  • 1878

    1878
    The Pennsylvania Mower Company made a side-wheel machine that was driven by a train of grars instead of a interanal gear ring and pinion.

  • 1902

    1902
    The first gas powered lawn mower was patened by a guy in 1902, but the first successful attempt to market a gas powered mower was in 1904.

  • 1919

    1919
    the first gas powered lawnmower was manufactured in 1919 but it wasn't widely used because the economy was in a depression at the time.

  • 1920

    1920
    In 1920 one of the first rotary power mowers produced. Note the belt drive

  • 1949

    1949
    The first riding, zero turn lawnmower was made in 1949. It was called zero turn because it could make a 360 turn.

  • 2008

    2008
    In 2008 lawnmowers were regulated to meet EPA regulatins, making them 95% cleaner than just 15 years before

  • 2023

    lawnmower that drives itself. Only costs $25