Car Coupling.
Description:
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to hook-and-catch couplers for railroad cars; and it consists in making one which will automatically drop by turning in the quadrant of a circle as soon as the draw-heads of two cars strike together" (lines 15-19).
Date:
January 21, 1890
Creator:
Shelburn, Cephas C.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department