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 Machinist's Tools

Measuring Tools

102800M8

Caliper

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DTM

MHC-K

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

102800M7

Caliper

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DTM

MHC-K

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

102800M6

Caliper

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DTM

MHC-K

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

102800M5

Caliper

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DTM

MHC-K

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

102800M4

Caliper

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DTM

MHC-K

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

102800M3

Caliper

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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 Items

102800M

Machinist's tool box

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DTM

MHK

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

Shipwright's and Mariner's Tools

102800M9

Compass (mariner's)

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DTM

MHC-K

Cast steel, 3" long, signed by owner "W.F. Blake".

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