System of Road Drainage. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title System of Road Drainage.

Creator

  • Inventor: Mitchell, Alexander
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Mitchell, A., of Waldrip, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Anderson, Walter
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Sheridan, Johnathan P.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Sheridan, Jno. P.
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1890-12-02
  • Acceptance Date: 1890-12-02
  • Submission Date: 1890-07-30

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new and improved system of road drainage. This design is "especially . . . for use on dirt and other roads, and adapted to quickly dry the road after a heavy rainfall without disturbing the road-bed. The invention consists of a drain arranged longitudinally under the road-bed and provided with outlet-pipes placed suitable distances apart, and each adapted to be closed at its outer end, and branch air-pipes also extending from the said drain and adapted to be connected with an air-pump for pumping the air out of the drain" (lines 10-21).
  • Physical Description: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • Keyword: sewage
  • Keyword: road-drainage
  • Keyword: sewage-systems
  • Keyword: storm drains

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - McCulloch County - Waldrip

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: 442072
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth172538

Note

  • Display Note: "SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,072, dated December 2, 1890. Application filed July 30, 1890. Serial No. 360,358. (No model.)"
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