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Automatic Railroad or Farm Gate.
Patent for an improved automatic railroad or farm gate that uses the "weight of the car or wagon upon an operating-board and automatically close[s] after the train has passed, and which can also be opened by hand when it is desired to let a single person pass through, either upon foot or horseback" (lines 20-25).
Date:
October 4, 1892
Creator:
Benson, Joseph Robinson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
County Surveyor, Sutton County
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative design with business name and the name John McNicol.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History