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Crescent Tools & the Adjustable Wrench - History & Lore
In this video we do a deep dive into the Crescent Tool Company, and the invention of the modern adjustable wrench.
Moar History:
http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-tool.html
https://insyte-consulting.com/made-in-wny-iconic-crescent-wrench-born-in-jamestown/
https://www.crescenttool.com/our-brands/crescent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_wrench
Old Crescent Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Crescent+Tool+Co.%22
https://archive.org/details/CrescentCooper1982
1871 Jamestown NY Map:
https://www.loc.gov/item/2016585510/
Crescent Plant Historical Marker:
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=94792
Coes Patent:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2054A
Coes Wrench Ads:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/National_Hardware_Bulletin/qpc7AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=coes+wrench&pg=PA166&printsec=frontcover
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hardware_World/KJo7AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=coes+wrench&pg=RA3-PA15&printsec=frontcover
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Stoves_and_Hardware_Reporter/8Zw7AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=coes+wrench&pg=RA1-PA18&printsec=frontcover
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Automobile_Trade_Journal_and_Motor_Age/wDdLAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=coes+wrench&pg=RA6-PA121&printsec=frontcover
Loring Coes Obituary:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Machinery/5KTmAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=coes+wrench&pg=PA664&printsec=frontcover
E.J. Worcester Patent:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US17531A
Bahco Patent:
https://archive.org/details/bahco-1926-1927-catalog/page/5/mode/2up
Johan Johansson history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Petter_Johansson
Crescent Patents:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1133236A
https://patents.google.com/patent/USD47389
1918 Crescent Lawsuit:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/United_States_Circuit_Courts_of_Appeals/I9krAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=crescent+tool+company&pg=PA393&printsec=frontcover
1924 Crescent Ad:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Automotive_Industries/pBxQAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=crescent+tool+company&pg=RA4-PA99&printsec=frontcover
1927 Crescent Chemical Lab ad:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Telephony/NtR3roHMomMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=crescent+tool+company&pg=RA2-PA43&printsec=frontcover
Smith & Hemenway Merger:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Motor_West_and_California_Motor/8bLdorUDsvEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=crescent+tools+ford&pg=RA2-PA50&printsec=frontcover
WWII Ad:
https://books.google.com/books?id=1tkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56&dq=crescent+tool+company
Factory Photos 1931:
https://archive.org/details/crescent-tools-catalog-19
1952 "Buster" Ad:
https://books.google.com/books?id=kNwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA231&dq=crescent+tool+company
2017 Sumpter Factory Layoffs:
https://www.thestate.com/news/business/article126068444.html
https://wach.com/news/local/apex-tool-in-sumter-to-layoff-170-employees-by-the-spring
Apex Merges Wiss into Crescent:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/crescent-introduces-new-brand-identity-300565189.html
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:38 J.P. Danielson Company
00:58 Adjustable Wrench History
02:17 Kilborn & Bishop Lawsuit
03:01 Crescent Trademarks
04:16 Smith & Hemenway Merger
04:59 Post-War Expansion
05:49 Cooper Acquisition
07:08 My Thoughts & Outro
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