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Cultural Resources Baseline Studies: Lake Columbia Water Supply Project, Cherokee and Smith Counties, Texas

Description: Report issued by Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. to provide a report on the discharge of dredged and fill materials from the Angelina and Neches River Authority associated with the construction of Lake Columbia reservoir in Cherokee and Smith counties, Texas.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Owens, Jeffrey D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Before and after postcard]

Description: A before and after postcard of a burned and demolished building on the left, and a building with a window where an unidentified woman is peeking out from. The dates are January 8th and December 25, year unknown. The handwriting on the back reads, "This is our room. Before and after burning."
Date: [1915..1965]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Turnkpike]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas Turnpike authority who approved construction of additional ramps and service roads for access to the regional post office which is under construction on the Dallas end of the roadway.
Date: June 27, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Knockdown Frame

Description: Patent for improvements to the knockdown frame for easy setup and take down and for supporting a block and tackle. This invention also provides a device for locking the fall rope of a block and tackle after the load is raised.
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Padgett, Harry H. & Bookout, Louis L.
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Grease-Trap.

Description: Patent for a grease trap "in which the grease is designed to be removed from the trap automatically and the object of my invention is to cause the water passing through the trap to carry the grease out with it" (lines 8-12).
Date: March 19, 1895
Creator: Henderson, Thomas
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Saw Gummer and Sharpener

Description: Patent for a sharpener for saw blades designed to increase the strength of the blade by "imparting an oval or rounding cut to the back of the teeth" (lines 15-16). Illustrations included.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Loughridge, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Building Construction.

Description: Patent for a building construction method. After completion of typical foundation and framework construction, "interlocking slabs or tiles are secured to the framework to form an outer covering or sheathing for the building." The interlocking method requires no cementing of material yet still allows water to be shed. "Provision is also made for fastening slabs or tiles to the framework in a manner permitting rapid assembly of parts" which reduces building time. The invention can be applied to dā€¦ more
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Walker, Isham P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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