Friday, January 22, 2021

Portable tie treatment plant at Chestnut, California, Southern Pacific Railroad, 1895

From: "Jim Hansen" cnw902@mt.net

If you have not seen this article it describes the 1895 portable tie [wood] treatment plant at Chestnut, California.

William G. Curtis, an SP assistant general manager and John D. Isaacs patented this operation in 1895.

The USPTO only has a one page text version of the process.
See patent 545,222.

Railroad Gazette pages 80-82 and 89, .PDF scans 92,93,94 and 101, February 8, 1895.

—Jim

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

From: "Jim Hansen" cnw902@mt.net

John Dove Isaacs eventually became the SP's chief engineer. He was second assistant M/W engineer when the portable tie treatment plant was patented. Sacramento's I Street drawbridge was designed and built under his supervision. Finally, he designed the shutter trigger for the first movie camera.

—Jim

1/22/2021 6:43 PM  

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