Railway-Tie

Railway-Tie Metadata

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Title

Main Title Railway-Tie
Added Title Railway Tie.

Creator

Inventor: Budington, Albert G.

Creator Type: Personal

Creator Info: Albert G. Budington, of Austin, Texas.

Contributor

Witness: Miller, K. C.

Contributor Type: Personal
Witness: Miller, C. M.

Contributor Type: Personal
Printer: Norris Peters Co.

Contributor Type: Organization

Contributor Info: The Norris Peters Co., Photo-Litho., Washington, D. C.

Publisher

Name: United States. Patent Office.

Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

Creation: 1891-12-01
Acceptance Date: 1891-12-01
Acceptance Date: 1891-03-03

Language

English

Description

Content Description: Patent for a railway tie that can be "firmly secured in the road-bed and which will hold single or double rails" (lines 10-11) so that they cannot be accidentally displaced, including illustrations.
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

Primary Source

Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

Place Name: United States - Texas - Travis County - Austin

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: 464424
Government Documents No.: 02/383583
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth172871

Note

Display Note: "Application filed March 3, 1891. Serial No. 383,583. (No model.)"