John D. Libey of Lima, Indiana submitted this model with his patent for a scraper that received patent number 529,925 on November 27, 1894. Designed for road work, the scraper could be operated by one man. A two-horse team pulled the scraper that picked up a yard of earth and took it away.
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: 1894Patent Date: 1894-11-27
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 E. W. Heiss
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: MC.311047Catalog Number: 311047Accession Number: 136522Patent Number: 529925
Object Name: Road Scraper
Physical Description: nickel plated (overall material)Measurements: overall: 18 in; 45.72 cm
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0eec-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_846331
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