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Railroad Spike.
Patent for a new and improved railroad spike. This design consists in "[a] spike for securing a railroad-rail, having a lower portion, having a shoulder, and a right-angular arm for resting against the base-flange of a rail, and the arm or extension" (lines 60-64).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Hicks, James D.
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The Portal to Texas History