History / Sources
U.S. Letters Patent 305,654, "Railway Head", Abel T. Atherton of Lowell
- Date
- 23 September 1884
- Type
- patent
- Repository
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Locator
- US 305,654
- Access
- Public; full text and drawing on Google Patents. Open online
Statements this record supports
- C-004 — Atherton was a machinist and manufacturer: treasurer of the Whitehead & Atherton Machine Company, Howe Street (directories 1873–75), later the Atherton Machine Company (1886 directory: 'Atherton Abel T. (Atherton Machine Co.), h. 170 Fairmount' — the house was then numbered 170); member of the Common Council and Board of Health, 1871; patents include a tuyere (1866), cotton openers (1874) and a 'Railway Head' (US 305,654, 23 Sep 1884). The Atherton Machine Company was insolvent in 1898 and a successor operated in Pawtucket, R.I.
