page_title: Thaddeus Fairbanks
section_title: Gallery
hierarchical_section_title: Thaddeus Fairbanks / Gallery
caption_attribution_description: After experimenting with new types of farm equipment, plows, and stoves, Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale here in 1830. With his brothers Erastus and Joseph, he founded the company which still bears their name. Many St. Johnsbury public institutions were gifts of this talented family. Vermont Historic Sites Commission
context_page_description: Thaddeus Fairbanks was an American inventor. He was an inventor of heating and cook stoves, cast iron plows, and other items. His greatest success was the invention and manufacture of the platform scale, which allowed the weighing of large objects accurately. He was a co-founder of St. Johnsbury Academy.
caption: Fairbanks Historical Marker
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