Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for an improvement to reversible plows. The plow specified is capable of throwing dirt to both the left and right sides.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Sramek, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Half-Car Unloader (open access)

Half-Car Unloader

Patent for an improved and simplified mechanism of Half-Car Unloaders, which unloads earth materials such as coal and ore from a railroad car more easily and effectively by lifting up a train car, unloading its contents, and placing it back on the railroad track.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Scardino, Mario P. & Scardino, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History