Patent Model - Improvement in Spark-Arresters
Maker and role
Charles Keyes, Patentee
Production date
Jun 19 1866
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Tinned sheet iron
Measurements
8 1/2 x 8 x 5" (21.6 x 20.3 x 12.7cm)
Description
Keyes' invention has for its purpose the "gathering, controlling, and directing the sparks, soot, and smoke of locomotives or any other chimney-stack or pipe." (Patent Number 55,669)
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Object number
2015.14.603a,b
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