| The Davistown Museum |
| Center for the Study of Early Tools |
| Scattered throughout The Davistown Museum are tools by important manufacturers who are also the subject of |
| information files compiled by the museum. This is a listing of our holdings for: |
| J. M. King & Co. |
| | Status | Location |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Classic Period of American Machinist's Tools |
| Measuring Tools |
| 51100T14A | Adjustable die stocks (2) | DTM |
| Cast steel, 10 7/8" and 14 3/8" long, signed "J. M. King & Co. Waterford, NY". |
| DATM (1999) lists this company in Waterford from 1887 - 1910. They made dies, pliers and taps; these tools are |
| encountered frequently. |
| 101701T16 | Adjustable diestock | DTM |
| Cast steel, 13 5/8" long, signed "J. M. King & Co. Waterford NY No 42". |
| Interestingly, DATM (1999) lists a Daniel King in Waterford, NY, as making dies (1876 - 1895) and several J Kings as |
| making planes. Was this tool made after 1900? |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Other Factory Made Tools |
| Blacksmith and Farrier's Tools |
| 50402T9 | Blacksmith's tap | DTM |
| Cast steel?, 3 1/2" long, signed "J M KING" and "14". |
| J. M. King is an early mark of J. M. King & Co., Waterford, NY (1887 - 1910), maker of dies, pliers and taps. (See pg. 151 - |
| 152 of DATM(1999)). |
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