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The Collins and Company Works factory buildings in Collinsville, Connecticut on the Farmington River, viewed from Connecticut Route 179. Samuel Watkinson Collins (1802–1870) was an American businessman and founder of the Collins Axe Company in Canton, Connecticut. He was born September 8, 1802, in Middletown, Connecticut, one of seven children.
Collins Co. (1923–1927?), Yeagertown, PA – Collins was established in Connecticut in 1826 and later built what is regarded as the first genuine axe factory. In 1923 Collins acquired James H. Mann Axe Co. of Yeagertown. It was closed in 1927 or possibly as late as 1940. [50] In 1966, portions of Collins were acquired by Mann Edge Tool Co.
It was built around the Collins Company Axe Factory, a manufacturer of edge tools, such as axes, machetes, picks and knives. [3] Collins machetes were the brand of choice in South America . Collins tools were used almost exclusively for the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway , and axes and picks made their way across the country to be ...
Before TD Collins died in 1914, he owned, along with others, a large number of sawmills in the Tionesta Valley of Pennsylvania, over 60,000 acres (240 km 2) of timberland, the Tionesta Manufacturing Company, the Nebraska Box Mill, the Mayburg Chemical Plant, plus over 100 miles (160 km) of logging railroad, 41 miles (66 km) of main line, 25 locomotives, several oil companies, and a bank.
The company was founded as Collins & Company in 1826 by Samuel W. Collins to make axes. [23] Its first machetes were sold in 1845 [ 24 ] and became so famous that a machete was called un collin . [ 25 ]
A Pulaski combines the functions of an axe and an adze in one tool. The Pulaski is a specialty hand tool used in fighting fires, particularly wildfires, [1] which combines an axe and an adze in one head. Similar to a cutter mattock, it has a rigid handle of wood, plastic, or fiberglass.
He is credited with building various structures around Connecticut in the 1800s, including at least two stone houses in Manchester, CT −- the Trebbe house on East Center Street [1] and the Walter Bunce house on Bidwell Street [2] −- and portions of the Collins Axe Company factory buildings in Canton, CT. [3]
Edward Elwell became known as a maker of quality edge tools, such as axes, hoes, shovels and spades. The machinery was powered by water and by steam engines. By 1851 Edward Elwell's son Edward (1814–1857) had taken over management of the company, but he resumed control on his son's death; his grandson Alfred took over when he died in 1869. [1 ...