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Map of the Texas & Pacific Railway and connections.

Description: Map shows railroad connections throughout Texas, north to St. Louis, Missouri, and west to Pueblo, Colorado. Oklahoma is shown divided into Oklahoma and Indian Ter[ritory]. Texas and Pacific route shown in orange color. Map is from Annual Report of the Directors of the Texas and Pacific Railway Co. to the Stockholders, for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1898. Scale not given.
Date: 1899
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Valve for Engines.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valves for steam engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1898
Creator: Allen, Walter J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination-Plow.

Description: Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 14, 1896
Creator: Dean, John Rowe
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of and Apparatus for Treating Mineral Pitch.

Description: Patent for an "improved method of and apparatus for treating mineral pitch and similar material to readily separate the asphalt and asphalt-oils from sand, bituminous rock, and other impurities contained in the mined material and removing the sand and impurities" (lines 12-17). The method circulates the material in hot water to separate the asphalt and asphalt-oils from the sand and impurities. The asphalt and oil rise to the top of the water and the impurities sink.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Sellers, Harvey Lee; Conyngton, Hugh Ronald & Conyngton, Thomas
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Conduit Electric Railway.

Description: Patent for an underground conduit electric railway meant to propel cars. The conduit can be drained and kept dry, and a trolley attachment protects the conduit from dirt and water as well.
Date: December 5, 1893
Creator: de Voe, William R.
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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.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Map of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway and connections.

Description: Map shows the late nineteenth century path of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and "Indian Territory" [Oklahoma] boundaries, counties, and major cities are indicated. Includes seven geologic profiles in Texas with "elevations in feet above sea level." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,550,000].
Date: 1893?
Creator: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Gulf Coast of the United States : Key West to Rio Grande.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Gulf of Mexico coastal detail. Includes notes and and tables: "Gulf Stream currents," "Abbreviations of Bottoms," "Light Houses," and "Weather Signal Stations." Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:1,200,000].
Date: 1892
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The M K and T : Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway.

Description: Map showing location of railway through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Adjoining states also shown. Counties, cities, towns and rivers included. Back of map has text describing the state of Texas and its counties including cultural, industrial, agricultural and geographical highlights. Schedule of train service is included.
Date: 1892~
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements in reversible plows: "The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of reversible plows and enable them to be adjusted to any desired depth" (lines 9-12).
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: McKay, Robert B.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Approaches to New Orleans.

Description: Map shows union and confederate fortifications in the New Orleans area; swamps, roads, canals, and railroads; layout of the city of New Orleans; residents and landowners along some roads. Includes list of authorities. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:75,100].
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

General topographical map: Sheet XXII.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century coastline and inland watershed in Texas from Austin and Georgetown in the northwest and Goliad and the San Antonio River in the Southwest to the coast; Matagorda Bay, Galveston Bay, Sabine Lake and Lake Calcasieu; roads, railroads, cities, towns, post offices, ferries, mining activity, and marshlands in Texas and for southwestern Louisiana. Includes notes on vegetation and topography. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:633,600].
Date: [1891..1895]
Creator: United States. War Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

General topographical map: Sheet XXII.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century coastline and inland watershed in Texas from Austin and Georgetown in the northwest and Goliad and the San Antonio River in the Southwest to the coast; Matagorda Bay, Galveston Bay, Sabine Lake and Lake Calcasieu; roads, railroads, cities, towns, post offices, ferries, mining activity, and marshlands in Texas and for southwestern Louisiana. Includes notes on vegetation and topography. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:633,600].
Date: [1891..1895]
Creator: United States. War Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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