Road Scraper Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1894
label: patent date
content: 1894-11-27
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of E. W. Heiss
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.311047
label: catalog number
content: 311047
label: accession number
content: 136522
label: patent number
content: 529925
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Road Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel plated (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in; 45.72 cm