Miller Platform
Miller's design for railroad cars and couplers.
The Miller Platform was an innovative railroad passenger car platform of the 19th century designed to prevent the hazard of telescoping in railroad collisions. It was named for its U.S. inventor, Ezra Miller who was issued a patent for it on July 24, 1866 (U.S. Patent 56,594).[1] The platform was part of an assembly which included a new type of coupler called the Miller Hook which came to replace the older link-and-pin coupler.
References
External links
- CPRR Discussion Group: Miller Platform and couplers
- Ezra Miller and His Hook
- Telescoping and the Miller Platform
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