Snow Plows

Snow Plows. Public Domain ClipArt Stock Photos and Images. snowplow also spelled snow plow, snowplough or snow plough. New York City Snow plows rumble down Broadway at west 79th street on Manhattans Upper West Side after a Winter snow storm. Looking north from west 77th street.

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The first snow plows were horsedrawn wedge-plows made of wood. With the advent of the automobile, ar of inventors set about to improve existing snow plows. In the US, patents were issued for snow plow improvements at least as early as 1920.

The first snow plow ever built specifically for use with motor equipment was in 1913. It was manufactured by Good Roads Machinery in Kennett Square PA. and was designed to meet the exacting requirements outlined by engineers of the New York City Street Cleaning Bureau