Metal Cross Tie for Railroads.

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Patent for a new and improved cross-tie for railroads. This design consists, "with a plate-metal cross-tie body having inclined sides which are integrally joined at an apex and longitudinally-slotted, forming rail-seats, and integral lips on said apex, of a rod oppositely threaded at its ends, nuts which fit in the cross-tie body and are adapted to engage the right and left hand threads on the ends of the rod, integral lugs formed on the nuts, means to rotate the rod, and means to lock the rod from rotation" (lines 29-39).

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[2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Taylor, James P. May 27, 1890.

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Patent for a new and improved cross-tie for railroads. This design consists, "with a plate-metal cross-tie body having inclined sides which are integrally joined at an apex and longitudinally-slotted, forming rail-seats, and integral lips on said apex, of a rod oppositely threaded at its ends, nuts which fit in the cross-tie body and are adapted to engage the right and left hand threads on the ends of the rod, integral lugs formed on the nuts, means to rotate the rod, and means to lock the rod from rotation" (lines 29-39).

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[2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,869, dated May 27, 1890. Application filed January 23, 1890. Serial No. 337,836. (No model.)"

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  • May 27, 1890

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  • May 27, 1890

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  • January 23, 1890

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Taylor, James P. Metal Cross Tie for Railroads., patent, May 27, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172371/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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