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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