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Draft-Rigging for Railway-Cars. (open access)

Draft-Rigging for Railway-Cars.

Patent for a draft-rigging for railway-cars that consists of a metal plate in an inverted U-shape, with its legs doubled upward and attached to the middle sills of the car, and the option of attaching a coupler to the plate. The plate legs can receive a king bolt ransom.
Date: July 2, 1895
Creator: Roosevelt, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History