Joan McKay's Museum Visit

To kick off our "Inventions" topic we visited Mrs Joan McKay who lives across the road from school. She has a big shed full of all sorts of things from the past. Each person will choose an invention and follow its various stages of development, through to its modern form.
Here are some pictures!

Very wise!

An Ashburton invention to let the farmer know when the water had reached a point. A little asprin would dissolve and release a lock and the flag would go up. This saved the farmer walking up and down the paddocks all day seeing where the water was up to.

Here is a short clip of the old record player in action.