Resource Type

Ballast Spreading Car (open access)

Ballast Spreading Car

Patent for improvements on the ballast spreading car, including plows placed underneath for more efficient spreading of ballast material.
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Scott, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel Compound. (open access)

Fuel Compound.

Patent for "Ricker's Crude-Oil Brick Fuel," a petroleum compound meant to replace coal.
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Ricker, James Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History