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The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 242, Ed. 1, Monday, December 2, 1895 (open access)

The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 242, Ed. 1, Monday, December 2, 1895

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 2, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Operating Railway-Switches. (open access)

Mechanism for Operating Railway-Switches.

Patent for a device "for automatically operating the switches of steam, electric, and street railways by the movement of a locomotive or car, thereby obviating the necessity of a brakeman, driver, motorman, or other person alighting from the car or train for such purpose" (lines 12-18).
Date: July 2, 1895
Creator: Moore, Albert R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History