| Davistown Museum Inventory of Tools - Industrial Revolution - | Measuring Tools |
| Machinists | Status | Location |
| | TJG1003 | Toolmaker's buttons | bio | DTM |
| Metal, 4 1/2" long, signed "STARRETT ATHOL MASS NO. 494-D". |
| DATM (1999) pg. 751 contains historical information on L. S. Starrett Co. |
| | 111900T13 | Toolmaker's buttons | bio | DTM |
| Steel, 2 5/16" long, signed "Starrett Athol Mass USA No 494.B". |
| DATM (1999) pg. 751 contains historical information on L. S. Starrett Co. |
| | 100400-8 | Trisquare | DTM | MHCK |
| Drop forged steel? brass and rosewood, 7 1/2" long, 5 1/4" high, signed "S A JONES & CO HARTFORD CON". |
| We can't locate this maker's signature in the latest edition of DATM. Who is S. A. Jones and when did he work? DATM lists |
| many Jones, but none working in Hartford. Does this tool date after 1900, the cutoff date for DATM listings? |
| | 72002T8 | Wire gauge | DTM | MH-I |
| Cast steel, signed "Lacene Mfg Co. Manchester NH". |
| Was this wire gauge made after 1900? If not a wire gauge, what is it? |
| Miscellaneous Items |
| | 102800M | Machinist's tool box | bio | 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. |
| Miscellaneous Tools |
| | 041505T38 | Die | photo | photo | DTM |
| Steel, 2 5/16" by 2 5/16" top, 2 3/4" high, signed "G. S. PAGET" "CO." "-BOSTON-" and "WOOD.". |
| The die stamps: "ALBEMARLE" "GOLF CLUB" "INCORPORATED 1800" and has a thistle mark. There is no Paget listed in |
| DATM (1999). This die was formerly owned by C. D. Evans Co. of Allston, MA, a button maker from Boston. Our curator |
| grew up just down the street from the Albemarle golf course in Newtonville, MA. |
| | 30202T7 | Machinist jack | DTM |
| Steel, 4 7/8" long, extends to 8", unsigned. |
| Probably this is a home shop made tool. |
| | 30202T13 | Tap stock | bio | photo | DTM |
| Steel, 5 1/2" long, signed "Card US No 0". |
| This diminutive tool is a product of one of New England's most important late classic period manufacturer's of taps, dies and |
| related tools. DATM (1999) lists S. W. Card Mfg. Co., which was located in Mansfield, MA, as operating between 1874 - 1908 |
| before being bought out by the Union Twist Drill Co. of Athol. The factory building in Mansfield still stands. |
| | 11301T10 | Tapping stock | bio | DTM |
| Cast steel, 4 1/2" long, signed "S. W. Card Mansfield Mass". |
| Shipwright's and Mariner's Tools |
| | 032203T7 | Wire gauge | bio | photo | DTM |
| Steel, 3 1/2" diameter, signed "J R Brown & Sharpe Providence RI" "LBS" "Standard Wire Gauge". |
| The Directory of American Toolmakers (1999) lists J. R. Brown, a predecessor of Brown & Sharpe, as working from 1853 - |
| 1866, but continuing to use this mark after that date on some tools. A typical tool in the increasingly complex tool kit of a |
| ca. 1880 shipyard worker. |
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