Resource Type

Track-Raiser. (open access)

Track-Raiser.

Patent for an improved track-raiser used during constructing and repairing railways. It is a jack that raises and holds a rail in place.
Date: October 16, 1894
Creator: Steed, Thaddeus Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Heater. (open access)

Tire-Heater.

Patent for improvements in “tire-heating furnace where tires of various sizes may be heated either independently or continuously and having certain other highly advantageous characteristics.” (Lines 7-13) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Cook, Nathan H.
System: The Portal to Texas History