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Allen Manufacturing, the namesake of the Allen Wrench, was a company formed out of necessity, during a time when 1,500 people a year were being maimed by industrial equipment.
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Sources:
archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Allen+Manufacturing+Co.%22
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_(brand)
alloy-artifacts.org/allen-manufacturing.html
vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1976
1894 Ira Dimock Bio: archive.org/details/historyofflorenc00shef/page/238/mode/2up
1917 Ira Dimock Obit: google.com/books/edition/Dry_Goods/J29FAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA2-PA69&printsec=frontcover
William Allen Obit: findagrave.com/memorial/50255836/william-g-allen
Hartford Map 1917: loc.gov/item/sanborn01132_004
Patents:
patents.google.com/patent/US960244A
877157 Cold Rolled Screws
928489 Screw Threader
563221 Bicycle Spoke Machine
578850 Rivet Machine
580171 wheel spokes
585169 wire rolling
578437 Rivet Machine
597756 wire swaging
598620 bicycle spokes
605050 Spoke Machine
1560193 drilling machine
Chapters:
00:00 Parody Intro
00:31 William G Allen
01:34 Globe Screw Company
02:45 Defeating the "Dervishes of Death"
04:20 Allen Manufacturing
06:00 William Allen's Later Years
06:55 The Bay State Connection
08:06 Ownership Changes
10:52 Outro
Allen Manufacturing, the namesake of the Allen Wrench, was a company formed out of necessity, during a time when 1,500 people a year were being maimed by industrial equipment.
Check out the full Tool Lore playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-fhNrtmTAv286gDzTcav8FyxCagDTouy
Join this channel to get access to perks: youtube.com/channel/UCqlO54ZdQjkkjpgD1yWaWgQ/join
Sources:
archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Allen+Manufacturing+Co.%22
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_(brand)
alloy-artifacts.org/allen-manufacturing.html
vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=1976
1894 Ira Dimock Bio: archive.org/details/historyofflorenc00shef/page/238/mode/2up
1917 Ira Dimock Obit: google.com/books/edition/Dry_Goods/J29FAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA2-PA69&printsec=frontcover
William Allen Obit: findagrave.com/memorial/50255836/william-g-allen
Hartford Map 1917: loc.gov/item/sanborn01132_004
Patents:
patents.google.com/patent/US960244A
877157 Cold Rolled Screws
928489 Screw Threader
563221 Bicycle Spoke Machine
578850 Rivet Machine
580171 wheel spokes
585169 wire rolling
578437 Rivet Machine
597756 wire swaging
598620 bicycle spokes
605050 Spoke Machine
1560193 drilling machine
Chapters:
00:00 Parody Intro
00:31 William G Allen
01:34 Globe Screw Company
02:45 Defeating the "Dervishes of Death"
04:20 Allen Manufacturing
06:00 William Allen's Later Years
06:55 The Bay State Connection
08:06 Ownership Changes
10:52 Outro
