Resource Type

Combined Railroad Level and Gage. (open access)

Combined Railroad Level and Gage.

Patent for a device that combines a railroad level and a railroad gauge. This invention provides a compact tool that determines the condition of tracks as to level and gauge.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Fuller, Benjamin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spur. (open access)

Spur.

Patent for an improvement in spurs, this one containing a forked end with a rowel on each end of the fork. This is to ensure the rowels have a broad surface adjacent to each rowel and to prevent less injury to an animal when in use.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Cook, Landon H.
System: The Portal to Texas History