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[City Drainage System Projects]

Description: Photograph of a drainage system project for Port Arthur, Texas. Segments of pipe are laying in a ditch. Two men are kneeling on the pipe, and other men are standing on it in the background. A road runs parallel to the ditch.
Date: 1930
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[City Drainage System Projects]

Description: Photograph of three men working on a drainage system project for Port Arthur, Texas. Two of the men are standing around a wooden crate on top of pipe segments. One man is standing below the pipe and leaning on a piece of wood supporting the crate. In the background, there are slats of wood laying on the ground.
Date: 1930
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Photograph of a large concrete pipe]

Description: Photograph of a large concrete pipe running through a ditch in a construction site. A man is partially visible standing behind the pipe. Large mounds of rock and dirt are piled up around the site. A small portable building stands in the background in front of a row of trees.
Date: [1940..1959]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a construction site]

Description: Photograph of a construction site. A field of rows of short pipes is situated before a tall, partial wall. Other building materials and construction machinery can be seen in the background.
Date: [1915..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Small plants growing inside a short pipe]

Description: Photograph of small plants growing inside a short pipe. The pipe has a short metal piece extending from its side, below which is a patch of small plants that has larger plants growing around its edges. To the left of the pipe is a flat surface made up by numerous small rocks.
Date: [1975..1980]
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Wrench

Description: Patent for a pipe and nut wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Wood, Hezekiah M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Pump

Description: Patent for a well pump. "This invention relates to well-pumps of that character wherein a piston is operatively arranged within an outflow-pipe and having an automatically - closed bottom check - valve opened by the suction produced" (line 8-13). Illustration included.
Date: March 5, 1907
Creator: Medlock, Augustus L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Internal Pipe-Gripper

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Internal Pipe-Grippers" (lines 6-7) such as "an improved tool for removing pipes or casings from drilled wells (lines 14-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: McConnell, Scott R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve.

Description: Patent for a valve, comprised of a valve seat and a moving part that is made in such a way as to minimize wear and tear. The seat, which attaches to the pump stem, supports the value stem, which is then covered by a thimble that supports a rubber disk. This rubber disk helps prevent liquid and sand from wearing against the valve stem.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Wintz, Thornton E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water Cup for Stove Pipes.

Description: Patent for a new and improved water-cup for stove pipes. This design "relates to water cups or vessels arranged on the outside of stove-pipes, and whereby the heat of the pipe of the stove is made to evaporate the water for the purpose of imparting moisture to the air of the apartment containing the stove and so improving the healthiness and pleasantness of the atmosphere of the room" (lines 8-15).
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Atkin, Samuel T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Lifter

Description: Patent for a pipe lifter to lift and hold pipes in place. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Pipes]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 13, 1978, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Automatic Service Cock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved automatic service cock. This design "furnish[es] an improved automatic valve to form the connection between the water-main or distributing pipe and the service-pipe of a building for regulating the flow and pressure of water in such service-pipe and preventing overpressure" (lines 7-12).
Date: December 20, 1881
Creator: Freeman, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

M-D Cut-In Connection Pamphlet

Description: Pamphlet for the Atlas Mineral Products Co. M-D Cut-In Connection, with illustrations and photographs of the connection piece, a written description, advantages to its use, a case study of its use in Washington, and directions for the piece's use.
Date: [1931-06-16..]
Creator: The Atlas Mineral Products Co.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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