Rein Holder. (open access)

Rein Holder.

Patent for a new and improved rein-holder. This design "has relation to that class of driving rein-holders in which a bracket is employed for attaching to the dash-board of the vehicle, and provided at one end with a standard, to which is pivoted a swinging jaw held down in position to hold the reins by means of a spring coiled around the pivot, the jaw having a convex corrugated face to more securely hold the reins" (lines 16-24).
Date: April 27, 1886
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M. & Branham, Albert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Structural Monitoring of the World's First Precast Network Arch Bridge During Construction (open access)

Structural Monitoring of the World's First Precast Network Arch Bridge During Construction

"This report provides an overview of a monitoring study on the West 7th Street Bridge in Ft. Worth, Texas that was carried out by The University of Texas at Austin (UT)."
Date: April 2014
Creator: Yousefpour, Hossein; Helwig, Todd & Bayrak, Oguzhan
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History