Patent Model - Improvement in Locomotives
Maker and role
William Holdsworth, Patentee
Production date
Oct 24 1876
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Cast iron, steel, wood
Measurements
9 x 12 x 5 7/8" (22.9 x 30.5 x 14.9cm)
Description
Holdsworth's patent "is an improvement in the class of locomotives provided with wheels mounted on vertical axes and adapted to work in contact with a rail laid equidistant between the parallel rails...." (Patent number: 183,566)
Collection
Object number
61.47.184
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