mechanical weed harvesting history – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com Surface Water Management Equipment Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:10:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://aquarius-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.png mechanical weed harvesting history – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com 32 32 Aquatic Weed Harvesters Originated in Wisconsin https://aquarius-systems.com/wisconsin-the-birthplace-of-the-modern-weed-harvesters/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:26:05 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=3310 Wisconsin is the birthplace of modern aquatic plant harvesters. The industry has grown in response to what most Americans consider a problem: Too many plants interfering with the recreational use of our lakes and waterways.

The first machine was built in response to fussy Chicago housewives! Around the turn of the century, ice was harvested from Wisconsin lakes destined for Chicago iceboxes. The housewives there didn’t like cleaning out the weeds when the ice melted. This boat was designed to cut down the weeds in the fall so that clean ice could be harvested in the winter.

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