| US Patent: 590,948 
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| Automatic railroad-switch | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Adelbert G. Lawrence (exact or similar names) - Motley, MN |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 04, 1897 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 28, 1897 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | The inventor, Adelbert G. Lawrence (1837-1911), was also granted a band sawmill patent, 619,490. We have not been able to determine if his band sawmill was ever manufactured. This railroad-switch patent improves on the inventor's earlier patents 402,252 and 550,926. |  |