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Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-heads provided with projections . . . each having at its inner-portion a horizontally-elongated slot, and at its outer portion a vertically-elongated slot, of the horizontally-slidable coupling-pins, for respectively engaging the said slots" (lines 82-88).
Date: March 16, 1886
Creator: Sessions, Egbert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1889 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 16, 1889
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History