VALUABLE INVENTION! / PEARSON'S / PATENT RAILROAD CAR / SAFETY DETACHING COUPLING. / THIS COUPLING IS AUTOMATIC SELF-ACTING. / .... / This Coupling Was Run On The Illinois Central Railroad, And A / SILVER MEDAL AWARDED BY THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO / For Further Particulars Inquire Of THOMAS Pearson, / Sterling, Jackson County, Iowa -
VALUABLE INVENTION! / PEARSON'S / PATENT RAILROAD CAR / SAFETY DETACHING COUPLING. / THIS COUPLING IS AUTOMATIC SELF-ACTING. / .... / This coupling was run on the Illinois Central Railroad, and a / SILVER MEDAL AWARDED BY THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO / For further particulars inquire of THOMAS Pearson, / Sterling, Jackson County, Iowa
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NY [NY]: Phair & Co., Steam Job Printers, 22 Beekman Street, 1860. Broadside 23 x 29.5 cm. Soiled and foxed. Laid down on stiff card stock. The invention was designed to allow for passenger cars to safely detach from the engine in the event the locomotive was thrown from the tracks.
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- Publisher Phair & Co., Steam Job Printers, 22 Beekman Street
- Place of Publication NY [NY]
- Date Published 1860