Railway Cattle - Guard

Railway Cattle - Guard Metadata

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Title

Main Title Railway Cattle - Guard
Added Title Railway Cattle Guard

Creator

Inventor: Wiggs, Zeph

Creator Type: Personal

Creator Info: Zeph Wiggs, of Denton, Texas

Contributor

Witness: Bass, R. L.

Contributor Type: Personal
Witness: Cameron, Chas

Contributor Type: Personal
Printer: Norris Peters Co.

Contributor Type: Organization

Contributor Info: N. Peters, Photo-Lithographer, Washington D.C.

Publisher

Name: United States. Patent Office.

Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

Creation: 1897-11-23
Acceptance Date: 1897-11-23
Submission Date: 1897-06-28

Language

English

Description

Content Description: Patent for a new and useful railway cattle guard to "improve the construction of cattle-guards and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which will eventually prevent stock from passing from one field or in-closure into another by way of a railroad-track, roadway, or the like" (line 10-16).
Physical Description: [1], 3 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
Keyword: Cattle-guards
Keyword: railroad track
Keyword: roadway

Primary Source

Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

Place Name: United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton

Collection

Name: Texas Patents

Code: TXPT

Institution

Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Code: UNTGD

Rights

Rights License: pd

Resource Type

Patent

Format

Text

Identifier

Patent Number: 594050
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth513922