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Road scraper
Catalog #: 311,047,
Accession #: 136,522
Currently on display
From the Smithsonian Collection
This model was patented by J. D. Libey, November 27, 1894, and received patent no. 529925. It was designed to permit a two horse team to pick up a yard of earth, 1/3 yard at a time and take it away. |
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Physical Description |
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artifact. model.
Nickel plated. 18" 1. over all.
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Details |
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Credit: | Gift of E. W. Heiss |
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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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