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Royse City 1906 Sheet 6

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Royse City in Rockwall County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1906
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Switch-Operating Mechanism

Patent for a information regards to improvements in switch operating mechanism.
Date: September 18, 1906
Creator: Murphy, Edward C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Point Fastener (open access)

Plow Point Fastener

Patent for a plow point fastener. This invention is an improvement to plow point fasteners and secure the shovels to the standards of cultivator plows. Illustration included.
Date: December 11, 1906
Creator: Stedham, William H. & Miller, John N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Feeding Device (open access)

Stock Feeding Device

Patent for a stock feeding device. Illustration included.
Date: January 22, 1907
Creator: Harvey, Albert Wadkins
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line. (open access)

Clothes-Line.

Patent for improvement in “pinless” clothes-lines by simplifying the construction of the garment-clasping elements to enhance the means of receiving and releasing the articles. Illustration is included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Brunner, Burel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Punch. (open access)

Punch.

Patent for a punch for "removing broken rivets from buggy-bow sockets" (lines 16, 17) that can be operated by one person.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: Stedham, William H. & Miller, John N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Signal (open access)

Railroad Signal

Patent for a railroad signal. This invention is an improvement for signalling by the trains interaction on the rails. Illustration included.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Harvey, Albert Wadkins
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c. (open access)

Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c.

Patent for an invention used to prevent the loss of closures for cans, jugs, and various other containers. Illustrations included.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Tabler, Guy T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller (open access)

Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller

Patent for a vehicle that may be used as either a harrow or a roller. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Jackson, Lewis Livingston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Signal (open access)

Railway-Signal

Patent for a railway signal that is activated when the wheels of a train pass over a switch. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Harvey, Albert Wadkins
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Condenser (open access)

Steam-Condenser

Patent for a steam condenser. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Hartman, Gus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History