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[Photograph of Men Gathered on a Bank, 1899]

Description: Photograph of men standing on the bank of the Port Arthur Canal in celebration of its completion from Sabine Pass to Taylor Bayou. From left to right: A. N. Scott (holding the United States flag); Billy Farrell; E. A. Laughlin; D. S. Stump; A. J. M. Vuylsteke; Hans Falsenburg; L. Schuh; Peter Stock; J. W. Carr; N. N. Beels; Frank Cummins; M. R. Bos; Colonel Jim Furlong; Captain Evans; and Peter Lamp. A boat is seen on the canal, left.
Date: 1899
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Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Men Celebrating on a Small Island, 1899]

Description: Photograph of men gathered to celebrate the completion of the Port Arthur Canal from Sabine Pass to Taylor Bayou. From left to right: a fisherman called "Frenchy" sitting in a boat; Peter Lamp; Captain Evans; Colonel Jim Furlong; M. R. Bos; N. N. Beels (holding flag); A. N. Scott; J. W. Carr; A. J. M. Vuylsteke; Frank Cummins; Peter Stock; and L. Schuh. Sitting: Billy Farrell; A. Spence; D. L. Stump; Hans Falsenburg; and E. A. Laughlin. They are gathered on a small island, with a boat visible n… more
Date: 1899
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Men Celebrating on a Small Island, 1899]

Description: Photograph of men gathered to celebrate the completion of the Port Arthur Canal from Sabine Pass to Taylor Bayou. From left to right: a fisherman called "Frenchy" sitting in a boat; Peter Lamp; Captain Evans; Colonel Jim Furlong; M. R. Bos; N. N. Beels (holding flag); A. N. Scott; J. W. Carr; A. J. M. Vuylsteke; Frank Cummins; Peter Stock; and L. Schuh. Sitting: Billy Farrell; A. Spence; D. L. Stump; Hans Falsenburg; and E. A. Laughlin. They are gathered on a small island, with a boat visible n… more
Date: 1899
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

Map Port Hudson, La. and vicinity.

Description: Map shows union and confederate fortifications in the area of Port Hudson, Louisiana; marshes, roads, and railroads. Includes list of batteries with artillery specifications. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:15,245].
Date: [1891..1895]
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Tracks for full powered steam vessels with distances in nautical miles.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century steamship routes across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Includes charts: "Speeds per hour and weekly distances in nautical miles and Reduction knots on nautical miles to statute miles." Also includes four distance charts. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:1,900,000].
Date: 1894
Creator: United States. Hydrographic Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Family on a Riverbank]

Description: Photograph of a family on a wooded riverbank. Several people are on the riverbank among the trees, while four people are in a rowboat with the word "GATORR" written along its side. A roofed structure and a wagon are visible up on the bank.
Date: March 28, 1896
Creator: George, J. W.
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Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Wood-Preservative.

Description: Patent for a compound with preservative qualities for protecting submersed wood from the destructive forces of water, whether sea or fresh, and from shipworms.
Date: July 9, 1895
Creator: Gallinowsky, Hugo
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Jetty.

Description: Patent for a an inexpensive and durable jetty made from "piles driven in the ground in the ordinary way, but incase them in such a way that they will not be liable to early decay or infested by insects, which cut and destroy them when not protected" (lines 11-15).
Date: September 24, 1895
Creator: Bryant, Benjamin N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydraulic Propulsion of Vessels.

Description: Patent for an improvement on a previous patent granted to the inventor (No. 480,533). "It consists in means for draining the bearings of the jet nozzles, and in means for ventilating and draining the ship's hold" (lines 12-16).
Date: January 9, 1894
Creator: Walker, James C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Means for Propelling Boats.

Description: Patent for a means for propelling boats that uses pneumatic pressure and does not use propellers and screws. The invention has increased propulsion.
Date: October 16, 1894
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Propeller-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a propeller-wheel for steam and other vessels. This invention is meant "to provide a propeller by which a maximum speed may be obtained without a proportionate increase in toe motive power employed" (lines 15-18). It doesn't have a lateral resistance of water and does not diffuse water in all directions.
Date: December 17, 1895
Creator: Parker, Elisha J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Distributer.

Description: Patent for simple and efficient oil-distributor that is meant to calm the water next to a ship. It also takes up little space and can easily be launched over the side of the ship and is insured so that oil is automatically distributed into the water.
Date: September 17, 1895
Creator: Ericson, John & Phinney, Adelbert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for the Protection of Vessels.

Description: Patent for a device that protects boats and consists of supporting plates, two of which are firmly secured to the side of the boat, springs between the supporting plates, and chains that limit the movement of supporting plates.
Date: July 24, 1894
Creator: Bailey, William Henry, Sr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Life-Boat.

Description: Patent for a life-boat that improves on a previous patent (No. 512,591) for a hydraulic propelling device and adapts the jet propulsion means to a life boat. The life-boat is made to have compartments that, when one compartment gets crushed, the others remain afloat. The water goes into the stove or crushed compartment and can be used to propel the boat forward. The boat also has a system of bulkheads on the roof of the boat, each independent of the others and has valved pipes. Independent oil-… more
Date: June 2, 1896
Creator: Walker, James C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Chain-Steamer.

Description: Patent for a chain steamer that has an improved means of propulsion with a uniform speed despite a changing current. It does not allow the boat to laterally deflect. It is especially meant to be used with tow boats that travel on fast-moving, shallow streams. It can be used to move ferry boats across fast-moving rivers as well.
Date: February 7, 1893
Creator: Pfeifer, Edmund I. & Pfeifer, Eduard A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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