Patentee:

Western Wheeled Scraper Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 21 in x 6 in; 53.34 cm x 15.24 cm

Object Name:

Road Scraper

Object Type:

Patent Model

Date made:

1892

Patent date:

1982-12-16

Description:

This is a patent model for a road scraper assigned to the Western Wheeled Scraper Company in 1892.

As the good roads movement gathered strength in the 1890s, inventors generated a host of patent applications for machines that improved roads using horse-drawn scrapers and graders.

Subject:

Patent Models  Search this

ID Number:

MC.251194

Catalog number:

251194

Accession number:

48865

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Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering

America on the Move

Transportation

Exhibition:

America On The Move

Exhibition Location:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-63cf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_847834