George J. Weber submitted this model for an “improvement in wheeled scrapers” that received patent number 216,588 on June 17, 1879. The road scraper was horse drawn and self-dumping.
As the good roads movement gathered strength in the 1890s, a host of patent applications were received for machines that, using horses, helped maintain the surfaces of the nation's roadways.
Date Made: 1879Patent Date: 1879-06-17
Inventor: Weber, George J.
Associated Place: United States: Missouri, Boonville
See more items in: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering, America on the Move, Transportation
Exhibition: America On The Move
Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History
Credit Line: Gift of Society for the Oldest Inhabitants of Washington, D.C.
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: MC.329174Catalog Number: 329174Accession Number: 277275Patent Number: 216,588
Object Name: patent model, road scraperObject Type: Patent Model
Physical Description: brass (overall material)wood (overall material)
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-4b79-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_1396361
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