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What were the features of barbed wire when it was first invented?

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Who Invented the Barbed Wire The first barbed wire fencing was visualized by Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois. He was attending a county fair, and observed a demonstration that showed a wooden rail with sharp nails, protruding from the sides. These nails were hanging inside a smooth wire fence.

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It wasn't until 1874, when Illinois farmer Joseph Glidden emerged victorious from patent battle over a mechanically-produced fencing material that barbed wire could be made at scale. Glidden's machine pulled two strands of wire tight around the barb, then wound the wires together around the regularly-spaced spikes.

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