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The five-story brick loft building on the north side of South Main Street and the south bank of the Pequabuck River was constructed in 1916. To the southeast is a small one-story, storage shed built during the same period. On the north side of the Pequabuck is a one-story brick structure likely constructed during the 1940s.
The Hall's Safe & Lock Company was an American [1] manufacturer of locks, safes, and bank vaults throughout the second half of the 19th century.. Incorporated by Joseph L. Hall in 1867, the Hall's Safe & Lock Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio quickly grew to become the largest [2] safe and vault manufacturer in the world.
In 1907 the S.R. Slaymaker Co. was reorganized and renamed the Slaymaker Lock Manufacturing Co. They purchased Dayton Manufacturing, an Ohio lock making company, in 1917. Also in 1917 the company was once again renamed when W. E. Fraim bought into the company and the company's new name became the Slaymaker Lock Company.
The Bramah lock used a cylindrical key and keyhole, as does the current lock. The end of the key has a number of slots of different depths which, when inserted into the lock and pressed against spring tension, would depress a number of wafers to a specified depth and enable the key to turn and open the lock.
Lock designs became significantly more complicated in the 18th century, and locksmiths often specialized in repairing or designing locks. Although fitting of keys to replace lost keys to automobiles and homes, and the changing of keys for homes and businesses to maintain security is still an important part of locksmithing, according to a 1976 ...
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Linus Yale Jr. was born in Salisbury, New York. His ancestors were of the same family as Elihu Yale, the benefactor to and namesake of the well known Yale University.The Yale family of America were all descended from the same ancestor, Thomas Yale, Elihu's only uncle with the Yale name.
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