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[News Clip: Dallas Sees Last of Old Streetcars]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the end of Dallas streetcar service and the beginning of a new bus service.
Date: January 15, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Trolley-Harp.

Description: Patent for improvements to the efficiency of trolley harps by changing how the currents that power "overhead type electric car systems" (lines 13-14) are conducted.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Carmack, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Switch Operating Device

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive and efficient design for an operating switch for use on street-railway cars to enable a motorman to quickly throw a switch or set switch without leaving the platform of the car.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Tanner, Calvin W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for an improved device used to connect rail cars, including illustrations and descriptions of how the new coupling works.
Date: April 15, 1884
Creator: Hathaway, Charles L.
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Hose-Bridge.

Description: Patent for a hose bridge for placing on street car rails over fire hoses to allow the street cars to run while a hose is crossing the tracks.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Troutt, Martin E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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