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[At the port in Texas City on August 19, 1915]

Description: A large cargo ship is anchored along a dock in Texas City. To the right of the ship, on the dock, several railroad freight cars are pulled up alongside the ship. In the right foreground, the railroad car bears the markings "STILMAS 18217". Four groups of two men each are gathered along the dock, talking or observing. The grain elevator is visible behind the ship. In the lower right hand corner in raised lettering is "Naschke Galveston." Underneath the photograph in longhand is written: "Te… more
Date: August 17, 1915
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Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

Gregg Co. [Texas].

Description: Map shows land tract boundaries and landowners, towns, railroads, ferries over the Sabine River, and the Cherokee Trace; adjacent counties where properties extend beyond county limits. Scale [ca. 1:100,000].
Date: [1915..1935]
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
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Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Automatic Train-Stop.

Description: Patent for mechanism to automatically sound alarm and shut off steam when a train passes a danger point.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Bulla, Melbern Bernie
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Antispreading Attachment for Rails.

Description: Patent for the improvement of antispreading attachments for rails. The attachments provide a structure comprising a span tie located between the rails and is adapted to connect with dogs, one dog being connected with each of the rails.
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Simpson, Mary E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Replacer

Description: Patent for a railway car replacer, which is used to derail vehicles as well as for, "restoring derailed railway vehicles to the track."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Replacer and Derailer

Description: Patent for a car replacer and derailer to place the wheels of a train car back on track in case of derailment which can be easily added to train rails.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Zeagler, Bennie L. & Stryker, Charles L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Pyote Station]

Description: Photograph of the train station in Pyote, Texas. Written below the image is "T&P Pyote, Texas Station - Elevation 2,618 (1915-16 era)" and "Don Watson Collection."
Date: 1915~/1916~
Creator: Watson, Don
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Smithville District Seniority List: Firemen, December 1915

Description: List of Firemen employed in the Smithville District of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company South Texas Division as of December 1915. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date: December 5, 1915
Creator: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. South Texas Division.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

[Referendum Ballot on Consolidation]

Description: Text of a referendum ballot documenting a unanimous vote of the firemen to consolidate the 11th and 12th districts of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, signed by 10 men.
Date: November 1, 1915
Creator: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. 12th District.
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Partner: Smithville Heritage Society
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