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Coes Wrench Company was a tool manufacturing company based in Worcester, Massachusetts. The company was originally part of the L. and A. G. Coes & Co. [1] The Coes Wrench Company was founded April 1, 1888. [2] Coes Wrench Company manufactured the screw type wrench invented by Loring Coes; this wrench is commonly known as a monkey wrench.
Norton Company was founded in 1885 by a group of ceramists and entrepreneurs from Worcester, Massachusetts. The group set out to manufacture the first mass-produced, precision-made grinding wheel to fulfill the burgeoning U.S. manufacturing industry's growing need for abrasives.
Candlepin bowling was invented in Worcester in 1880 by Justin White, an area bowling alley owner. The Worcester County Wildcats, [98] part of the New England Football League, is a semi-pro football team, and play at Commerce Bank Field at Foley Stadium. Golf's Ryder Cup's first official tournament was played at the Worcester Country Club in 1927.
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In 1990, the hand tool company was acquired by the brothers' Danaher Corporation. [4] This acquisition made the tools division the largest part of Danaher. [5] In 1991, Sears selected Danaher to be the exclusive supplier of Craftsman mechanic's tools. [6] In 2010, Danaher merged its tools division with Cooper Tools to form Apex Tool Group.
Greenlee is an American industrial and electrical tool company headquartered in Rockford, Illinois.It was founded in 1862 by twin brothers Robert L. and Ralph S. Greenlee to manufacture their invention called a hollow chisel mortiser, consisting of a drill surrounded by four chisel blades used in making mortises (the hole) for mortise and tenon joints, for the furniture industry in Rockford. [1]
Mendon is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,228 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] Mendon is part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor , an early center of the industrial revolution in the United States .
Forehand & Wadsworth (later known as Forehand Arms) was an American firearms manufacturing company based in Worcester, Massachusetts.It was formed in 1871 by Sullivan Forehand and Henry C. Wadsworth after the death of their father-in-law, Ethan Allen of Ethan Allen & Company, and was acquired in 1902 by Hopkins & Allen, a firearms company based in Connecticut.