Resource Type

Switch (open access)

Switch

Patent for a switch. "This invention obviates likelihood of derailment by splitting the switches, so as to thereby secure a means for preventing the rolling stock from being thrown from the tracks." Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Hibbets, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel (open access)

Wind-Wheel

Patent for a new and novel design for a wind wheel.
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Gatlin, Lilburn M.
System: The Portal to Texas History