Rail Plate And Fastener (open access)

Rail Plate And Fastener

Patent for rail plate fastener. This invention is designed to secure rails to ties without the use of spikes. Illustration included.
Date: June 21, 1904
Creator: Butterfield, Walter V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Lance, Andrew M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint (open access)

Rail Joint

Patent for Rail Joint
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Walker, Asa
System: The Portal to Texas History
Specification of Letters Patent. (open access)

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent for improvements in the seals for well screens to provide a permanent joint or seal between the screen and the casing with out blocking passage.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Thomson, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History