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Automatic Street Car Coupling (open access)

Automatic Street Car Coupling

Patent for automatic street car coupling.
Date: May 30, 1905
Creator: Cary, Lewis C.; Caldwell, Julia & Swiney, Everett E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lantern. (open access)

Signal-Lantern.

Patent for a gas-burner signal lantern, instead of an oil-burner signal lantern, that indicates whether or not the track is all clear of trains; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
System: The Portal to Texas History