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  2. Disston Saw Works - Wikipedia

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    Disston Saw Works was an American company owned by Henry Disston that manufactured handsaws during the mid-19th to early 20th century in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia. The company was initially named Keystone Saw Works and then Henry Disston & Sons, Inc.

  3. Henry Disston - Wikipedia

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    Henry Disston (May 24, 1819 – March 16, 1878) was an English American industrialist who founded the Keystone Saw Works in 1840 and developed the surrounding Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia to build housing for his workers. His company became the Disston Saw Works and was the top manufacturer of hand saws in the United States during the ...

  4. Antique tool - Wikipedia

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    The American history of hay cutting tools begins with the reaping hook. Its slender, ultra sharp, half circle blade was employed in cutting grass for hay and it took some skill to use successfully. By the late 1800s the less artful sickle became the hay cutting tool of choice.

  5. Spear & Jackson - Wikipedia

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    The company made handsaws from the beginning (1760); in 1833 Henry Disston, a toolmaker, emigrated to the United States and in 1840 started manufacturing saws.The Disston "skew-back" saw was introduced in 1874 and Spear and Jackson also introduced a skew-back design in the late 19th century, with one example being their 1887 Jubilee Saw.

  6. Shurly & Dietrich - Wikipedia

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    In 1873, Jerome Dietrich and Cosmos Shurly brought skills learned while working at Disston Saw Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [4] and invested $12,000 to found the Shurly & Dietrich Co. They hired nine saw makers from Rochester, New York and Sheffield, England and began to manufacture saws in Galt, Ontario, now called Cambridge.

  7. An oral history of the entire Saw franchise - AOL

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    An oral history of the entire Saw franchise. Rosie Fletcher. September 30, 2024 at 4:17 AM. To celebrate Digital Spy's 25th anniversary, we're revisiting some classic articles from the archive ...

  8. Goodell-Pratt - Wikipedia

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    Goodell-Pratt was a tool manufacturing company based in Greenfield, Massachusetts.. The company was founded in 1888 as the Goodell Brothers Company by Albert and Henry E. Goodell, and was located in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

  9. Real or artificial Christmas tree – Which one is better for ...

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    The analysis found that the more years an artificial tree is used, the lower its carbon impact. The break-even point, when the greenhouse gas emissions of an artificial tree become about ...