Automatic Alarm for Railroad Crossings (open access)

Automatic Alarm for Railroad Crossings

Patent for alarm for automatic railroad crossings to alert those nearby of an oncoming train.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Price, Henry A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Control Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engines (open access)

Control Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engines

Patent for an object that "[provides] economical mixtures when the engine is running under light load without affecting the power of the engine when running under a heavy load."
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for an animal trap, the unique elements of which are found in the "combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 16-17). Improvements include but are not limited to the addition of an open-ended case, a depressed platform and various links.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Ward, Robert Gillespie & Clayton, John Taylor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 2. Appendices A-P (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 2. Appendices A-P

Appendices to the water plan for Region C including a bibliography, water supply charts and reports, water management strategies, and related reports.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region C describing the areas water resources and suppliers, usage statistics and forecasts, threats and water needs, methodology for making the plan, water conservation methods and plans, and recommendations on water management for different water suppliers and counties.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 3. Appendices Q-Z (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 3. Appendices Q-Z

Appendices Q-Z for the Water plan for Region C including cost estimates, newsletters, comments on the plan and actions taken to answer them, and reports related to different aspects of the water plan.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Metroplex Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Metroplex Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Metroplex Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: September 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Archaeological Survey within the Crandall Development Site, Kaufman County, Texas (open access)

An Archaeological Survey within the Crandall Development Site, Kaufman County, Texas

A report of an archaeological survey of a drainage within the proposed 600 acre Crandall Development Site in Kaufman County.
Date: February 3, 2004
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey along Teppco Crude Seaway Pipeline Route Adjacent to Little Brushy Creek, Kaufman County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey along Teppco Crude Seaway Pipeline Route Adjacent to Little Brushy Creek, Kaufman County, Texas

An archaeological survey of an area in which the 30-inch 6586 A&B Pipeline will be constructed parallel to an existing pipeline route.
Date: March 14, 2008
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Testings at Bachelor Creek, Terrell, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Testings at Bachelor Creek, Terrell, Texas

A report of an archaeological survey for a proposed pipeline route at Bachelor Creek.
Date: May 16, 2005
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Forney Wastewater Treatment Plant (open access)

An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Forney Wastewater Treatment Plant

A report of an archaeological survey of a proposed wastewater treatment plant.
Date: December 13, 2004
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Travis Ranch Wastewater Treatment Plant Site (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Travis Ranch Wastewater Treatment Plant Site

A report of a pedestrian survey for a proposed wastewater treatment plant and two outflow pipeline right-of-ways conducted southeast of Lake Ray Hubbard and in the floodplain of Trinity River.
Date: October 23, 2003
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Supply Facility Planning, New Terrell City Lake (open access)

Water Supply Facility Planning, New Terrell City Lake

This report began discusses action began "in May of 2010 when Freese and Nichols (FNI) was retained by the City of Terrell, Texas in cooperation with Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) to assess, alternative uses of New Terrell City Lake (CITY Lake) and perform a dam condition assessment. The City of Terrell no longer uses the water supply from New Terrell City Lake and would like to find alternative uses for this supply." (p. ES-1).
Date: September 2011
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Claw-Bar for Drawing Railroad-Spikes. (open access)

Claw-Bar for Drawing Railroad-Spikes.

Patent for "an invention is an improved claw-bar for drawing railroad-spikes, the object of my invention being to provide the bar with a pivoted fulcrum-piece which is adapted to facilitate the engagement of the toe or claw of the bar with the head of a spike, to increase the leverage of the bar in withdrawing the spike, and to provide means to relieve the pivots or trunnions of the fulcrum-piece of stress when the bar is being operated todraw a spike." (Lines 8-17) Illustration is included.
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Smitham, Nicholas L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Center Foot for Cultivators (open access)

Center Foot for Cultivators

Patent for "an improved center foot or standard which is adapted to be readily attached to and detached from a beam or beams of a cultivator adjusted thereon and adapted for the attachment of a shovel, plow, or sweep of any kind required" (lines 8-15).
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Greathouse, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Trousers Stretchers And Coat Hanger (open access)

Combined Trousers Stretchers And Coat Hanger

Patent for a combined trousers stretcher and coat hanger. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Bedinger, Singleton Berry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedclothes-Clamp (open access)

Bedclothes-Clamp

Patent for a bed clothes clamp for holding the sheets and blankets over the occupant of the bed.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Martin, Delia
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling.

Patent for a new and useful apparatus for cleansing and preparing cotton for baling and ginning.
Date: February 15, 1898
Creator: Orden, Charles Van
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Compound (open access)

Boiler Compound

Patent for a boiler compound for purifying water in steam boilers, with ingredients included.
Date: November 29, 1910
Creator: Maule, John Quincey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Pump for Internal Combustion Engines (open access)

Automatic Pump for Internal Combustion Engines

Patent for an automatic pump for internal combustion engines. Illustration included.
Date: August 9, 1910
Creator: Smith, Robert W. J.; Anderson, John C. & Rowe, Robert J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale Tie Buckle

Patent for bale tie buckle. Illustration included.
Date: April 25, 1905
Creator: Jenkins, John C. & Flowers, W. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Feeder (open access)

Boiler Feeder

Patent for boiler feeder. This invention is designed as a gravity feed automatic boiler. Illustration included.
Date: March 28, 1905
Creator: Finch, Clark Ethan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History