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[News Script: Trestle]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dismantling of the Dallas streetcar viaduct, as the city's streetcars are replaced with buses.
Date: April 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Crescent]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 3, 1986, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Trestle]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the dismantling of the Dallas streetcar viaduct, as the city's streetcars are replaced with buses.
Date: April 12, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Trolley-Wire Holder

Description: Patent for a trolley wire holder that prevents the trolley wheel from coming off the overhead conductor line and automatically releases the trolley wheel from the conductor line when the trolley car arm is pulled down from the conductor line.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: La Bauve, Valcoure J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trolley-Wheel

Description: Patent for a trolley wheel and a mechanism for keeping the wheel on the trolley wire. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Schultze, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Tie.

Description: Patent for a composite railway tie that is durable and adjustable and can be used for both trolley and steam rail systems.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Ogden, James D.
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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Fastening Device.

Description: Patent for a rail fastening device for use in building street car tracks on roads with concrete foundations. The fastener is put in place in the wet concrete and held fast there by its hardening and eliminates the need for cross ties.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Crerar, James P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Conduit Electric Railway.

Description: Patent for a surface trolley for electric railways that operates "upon the surface of the pavement or ground between the tracks of the road, for connecting the car with the motor power, in place of the trolley and over head wires now suspended upon the unsightly poles in the center or at the sides of the street, which are found to be very objectionable on account of their obstructing the passageway in the streets and upon the side walks, and the wires preventing the free movement of fire compan… more
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: de Voe, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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