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A leaflet entitled "To Rail Road Companies" created by R. Root informing railroad lines of the "rotary fan blower" to clear the railroad tracks. R. Root circulated this leaflet in Galesburg, Illinois and it is dated December 16, 1857.</div>
1857<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1857-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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