Tour Scotland Video Fowler Ploughing Engine Strathmiglo Fife

Tour Scotland video of a Fowler ploughing engine on visit to the Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally at Corston Mill, by Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland. One of the events at the Fife Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club Rally. John Fowler, born 11 July 1826, died 4 December 1864, was an English agricultural engineer who was a pioneer in the use of steam engines for ploughing and digging drainage channels. His inventions significantly reduced the cost of ploughing farmland, and also enabled the drainage of previously uncultivated land in many parts of the world, Fowler was born in Melksham, Wiltshire, England, the third of five brothers. His father, John Fowler senior was a wealthy Quaker merchant, who had married Rebecca Hull.

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