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Conduit Electric Railway.

Description: Patent for an underground conduit electric railway meant to propel cars. The conduit can be drained and kept dry, and a trolley attachment protects the conduit from dirt and water as well.
Date: December 5, 1893
Creator: de Voe, William R.
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Conduit Electric Railway.

Description: Patent for a surface trolley for electric railways that operates "upon the surface of the pavement or ground between the tracks of the road, for connecting the car with the motor power, in place of the trolley and over head wires now suspended upon the unsightly poles in the center or at the sides of the street, which are found to be very objectionable on account of their obstructing the passageway in the streets and upon the side walks, and the wires preventing the free movement of fire compan… more
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Voe, William R. de
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Map of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway and connections.

Description: Map shows the late nineteenth century path of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and "Indian Territory" [Oklahoma] boundaries, counties, and major cities are indicated. Includes seven geologic profiles in Texas with "elevations in feet above sea level." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,550,000].
Date: 1893?
Creator: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.
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