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Bancroft Lumber Company

Description: Photograph of the Bancroft Lumber Company yard. In the foreground are wooden beams and chains. On the right side of the frame is a metal fence and on the left is a large warehouse. In the background is a smokestack and a water tower.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Early Timber Cutting

Description: Photograph of workers cutting timber. There are large logs stacked with chains on top of railroad cars. In the foreground are tree stumps and cut logs, with several workers pulling on chains. The workers are wearing overalls and hats. In the background are tall trees.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Emergency Stop-Valve For Stopping Runaway Carriages In Sawmills

Description: Patent for an emergency stop valve for stopping runaway carriages in sawmills. This "invention is designed to provide a new and useful improvement in mechanism for stopping a runaway carriage in a sawmill, where the carriage is moved back and forth by a piston in a long cylinder" (lines 11-15). Illustration included.
Date: June 21, 1904
Creator: Edwards, Daniel R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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