Railway-Tie. (open access)

Railway-Tie.

Patent for a railroad tie made of sand and cement and threaded with barbed wire.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Joynt, Dudley Layng
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal Lock For Mail Boxes (open access)

Signal Lock For Mail Boxes

Patent for a signal lock for mail boxes. This "invention relates to devices for locking the signals used on house letter-boxes, and has for its object the provision of a signal lock secured to the inside of the mail-box" (lines 9-13). Illustrations included.
Date: October 23, 1906
Creator: Patterson, Samuel & Wiseman, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History