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Western Wheeled Road Scraper
Catalog #: 251,194,
Accession #: 48,865
Currently on display
From the Smithsonian Collection
This model was patented on December 16, 1892, by the Western Wheeled Scraper Co. |
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Physical Description |
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model.
Designed to be drawn by horses. four wheels. 21 inches long, 6 inches wide, with swinging scraper; blue and green paint with gold decorative abstract designs handpainted onto the model.
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Details |
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Credit: | Transfer from the U.S. Patent Office |
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History |
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As the good roads movement gathered strength in the 1890s, a host of patent applications were recieved for machines that, using horses, helped maintain the surfaces of the nation's roadways.
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