Antispreading Device for Railway-Tracks. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Antispreading Device for Railway-Tracks.
  • Added Title Antispreading Device for Railway Tracks.

Creator

  • Inventor: Stovall, John T.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: John T. Stovall, of Shamrock, Texas ; J. T. Stovall

Contributor

  • Witness: Sloss, G. B.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Sloss, S. O.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: The Norris Peters Co. Photo-Lithographer, Washington D.C.

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1919-04-08
  • Acceptance Date: 1919-04-08
  • Submission Date: 1918-12-21

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for improvement for preventing the railroad tracks from spreading by using a device to connect the ends of two parallel rail to connecting adjacent pair of rails.
  • Physical Description: [1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads
  • Keyword: trains
  • Keyword: railways
  • Keyword: railway lines
  • Keyword: rail lines
  • Keyword: railway tracks

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Wheeler County - Shamrock

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 1299807
  • Government Documents No.: 02/267840
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1258410
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