Image 17. Cold Straightening with press and hammer 
face.  This is a new method which does away with the 
narrow "gag" by substituting a broad hammer face 
which delivers a distributed, instead of a concentrated, 
blow upon the rail.

Details scanned from the original print:

  a. Overall image         
  b. Detail Of Straightener                  
  c.  Details Of Machine                    
  d.  Gears & Belts                       
  e.  Detail - Bates Machine Co. (also a Joliet firm)
  f.  Straighteners Face
  g. Comparison with U.S. Patent No. 1,314,877 
      by George Langford, Sr.

Detail Of Straightener

Straightener's Face

Details Of Machine

Gears & Belts

Detail - Bates Machine Co. 
(also a Joliet firm)

Comparison with U.S. Patent No. 1,314,877 by George Langford, Sr.