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Railway-Switch.

Description: Patent for an improved railway switch that "may be operated by a passing car or train, and one which will be most effectual and certain in its operation and which will at the same time automatically adjust a signal at one side of the track which will indicate to the next approaching train the position of the switch" (lines 18-24).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Johnson, Samuel Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanism for Operating Railway-Switches.

Description: Patent for a device "for automatically operating the switches of steam, electric, and street railways by the movement of a locomotive or car, thereby obviating the necessity of a brakeman, driver, motorman, or other person alighting from the car or train for such purpose" (lines 12-18).
Date: July 2, 1895
Creator: Moore, Albert R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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