Metal skates with adjustable clamps so that the skates can be made to fit different sized boots. No straps or bolts are present to attach the skate. Each features a distinctive clover leaf image towards the toe. Each is marked on the toe section with UNION HARDWARE CO / TORRINGTON / CONN / USA alth…
Dates based on similar styles of other similar Union Hardware skates
Description
Metal skates with adjustable clamps so that the skates can be made to fit different sized boots. No straps or bolts are present to attach the skate. Each features a distinctive clover leaf image towards the toe. Each is marked on the toe section with UNION HARDWARE CO / TORRINGTON / CONN / USA although it is only visible on one skate.
Dates based on Madison Plow Company operations, as per http://www.historicmadison.org/Madison%27s%20Past/Places/Walking%20Tours/IndustrialTour2.html (accessed November 2017).
Description
Metal wrench. One end has one head that is 2.8cm wide, the other end has two heads, each approximately 2cm wide. "G70" stamped on one side.
History Of Use
G70 wrench is listed in Madison Plow Company for their wood and steel frame transplanters, cultivators, planters, and disc harrows. It is only one of two wrenches that have been attributed to the Madison Plow Company. (Source: http://www.wrenchingnews.com/sell-page/sell.html, accessed November 2017).