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[Scene at Texas Quarries]

Description: Photograph of a group of men working on at the Texas Quarries. There is a crane set up with a hook hanging from the top of the image and mobile devices on railroad tracks to move things.
Date: August 2, 1949
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
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[Stone Blocks at Texas Quarries]

Description: Photograph of a stack of stone blocks at a Texas Quarries location. There is a crane in the background used for lifting the blocks, and a railroad going next to the pile of stones.
Date: August 2, 1949
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
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Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an Artesian or oil well drilling apparatus that has a detachable drill-bit in its tubing and has an "improved means whereby an expansion drill bit or blade of any preferred construction can be secured to or detached from the drill tubing without removing the latter from the well" (lines 12-15). The tubing does not accidentally detach, and the tubing can rotate in either direction.
Date: October 2, 1894
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
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Hoisting Drum

Description: Patent for improvements to hoisting drums for use in drilling oil, gas, and water wells, with the object being "to employ a plurality of hoisting drums upon the same shaft so that the cable may be wound partly on one drum and partly on another" (lines 73-76) such that the danger of cable cutting is decreased and the speed of operation is increased, including illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1922
Creator: Suman, John R. & Gamble, Adrian R.
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