Resource Type

Metallic Railroad-Tie (open access)

Metallic Railroad-Tie

Patent for an improvement on metallic railroad ties that is "simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to prevent the spreading of the rails and displacement of the ties in the railroad-bed" (lines 9-12).
Date: December 13, 1892
Creator: Mattijetz, Andreas
System: The Portal to Texas History