Railway-Switch Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Railway-Switch

Creator

  • Inventor: Phinney, Grover Cleveland
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Grover Cleveland Phinney of Marble Falls, Texas

Contributor

  • Witness: Phinney, A. A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Mullicon, H. W.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Parsons, H. K.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration.
  • Witness: Armstrong, L. L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Witness for illustration.
  • Printer: Columbia Planograph Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: Columbia Planograph Co., Washington D. C.

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 1912-06-04
  • Acceptance Date: 1912-06-04
  • Submission Date: 1911-08-16

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a triple rail railway switch with improved opening and closing mechanisms.
  • 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
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads
  • Keyword: railway switches

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Burnet County - Marble Falls

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: 1028776
  • Government Documents No.: 02/644325
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth509509

Note

  • Display Note: "Application filed August 16,1911, serial No. 644,325."
  • Display Note: "Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington D. C."
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