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:

W. F. Blake - Knox Engine Co.

Status

Location

The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Classic Period of American Machinists' Tools

Measuring Tools

102800M8

Calipers

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DTM

MHC-K

Steel, 5" long, signed by owner "W.F. Blake".

102800M7

Calipers

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DTM

MHC-K

Steel, 6" long, signed by owner "W.F. Blake".

102800M6

Calipers

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DTM

MHC-K

Steel, 6" outside, signed by owner "W.F. Blake".

102800M5

Calipers

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DTM

MHC-K

Steel, 6" inside, signed by owner "W.F. Blake".

102800M4

Calipers

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DTM

MHC-K

Steel, 9 1/4" long, signed by owner "W.F. Blake".

102800M3

Calipers

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DTM

MHC-K

Steel, 11 3/4" long, signed by owner "W.F. Blake".

102800M11

Rule

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DTM

MHC-K

Steel, signed "DB&S" and by owners "W.F. Blake" and "W. Cross".

Miscellaneous Tools

102800M

Machinists' tool box

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DTM

MH-K

Wood, brass and steel, 22 3/4" long, 12 1/2" wide, 10 3/4" high, signed by owner "W.F. Blake".

A piece of Maine history, this tool box was formerly owned by Ken Milliken, Lincolnville, ME. Blake was once one of the chief machinists for

the Knox Engine Co.

The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Other Factory Made Tools

Shipwrights', Sailmakers', and Mariners' Tools

102800M9

Compass (mariners)

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DTM

MHC-K

Malleable iron or steel, 3" long, signed by owner "W.F. Blake".

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