US Patent: 5,542X
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| Canal Passage Boat
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Patentee:
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| Jacob Bromwell (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Jun. 23, 1829 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
"For an improvement in Canal Passage Boats; Jacob Bromwell, Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, June 23.
A moveable roof, forming an awning, is to be constructed above the ordinary roof of a canal boat; this roof is to be capable of sliding down, so as to coincide with the fixed roof, when the boat passes under bridges. To effect this, the standards, or stanchions, which support the moveable roof, pass into hollow columns, or boxes. Weights, passing over pulleys, serve as a counterpoise to the moveable roof, and suffice to sustain it when not pressed down; or the same effect, it is stated, may be produced by springs. There are two pieces of tough hard wood, hinged to the front edge of the moveable roof, and, at the other end, to the bows, or some forward part of the boat; these are to form inclined planes, which, when passing under bridges, are to press the moveable roof down.
The object of the invention, is, the accommodation of the passengers, who, under the protection of this roof, may view the country through which they pass, without annoyance from the sun or rain. They must look out, however, in passing bridges, or the roof may prove a "dead fall." It may be well to recollect the poor Frenchman, who, when the captain of a canal boat cried look out," as they approached a bridge, nearly suffered decapitation by literally obeying the order."
Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 6, Sept. 1829 pg. 190 |
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