Railway-Crossing. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Railway-Crossing.
  • Added Title Railway Crossing.

Creator

  • Inventor: Gallaspy, Benjamin E.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Benjamin E. Gallaspy, of Fort Worth, Texas. ; B. E. Gallaspy.
  • Inventor: McCarty, Alexander H.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Alexander H. McCarty, of Fort Worth, Texas. ; A. H. McCarty.

Contributor

  • Witness: Jackson, A. L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Ingram, J. A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Lorkowski, B. J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration.
  • Witness: Stitt, J. W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration.

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1910-06-21
  • Acceptance Date: 1910-06-21
  • Submission Date: 1909-06-11

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a railway crossing, which provides track treads for trains at heavily used crossings.
  • Physical Description: [1], 3 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: railroad crossings
  • Keyword: train tracks

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Tarrant County - Fort Worth

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: 962338
  • Government Documents No.: 02/501541
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth510278

Note

  • Display Note: "Application filed June 11, 1909. Serial No. 501,541."
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