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Elevator. (open access)

Elevator.

Patent for an elevator used to lift pipe and other similar objects, the invention is designed to help drilling operations for oil wells.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: Steen, Buford J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence or Gate. (open access)

Fence or Gate.

Patent for a new and improved fence or gate. This design consists in "[a] fence or gate composed entirely of pipes interchangeably connected together by couplings, and consisting of the long tubular pickets and the intermediate short tubular pickets, each long tubular picket being formed by two short tubular pickets connected by an intermediate coupling in the form of a Greek cross, a similar coupling at the top of each long and short tubular picket, and the T-shaped couplings at their bottoms, combined with a series of horizontal tubes" (lines 54-64).
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Friday, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History