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Today we'll go over the history of the JH Williams tool company.
From J.H. Williams start at the E.W. Bliss Company, to Williams & Diamond, to Williams & Brock and then to J.H. Williams & Co.
Williams was one of the first companies to produce drop forged tools, including their Superrwrench line (and many other Super- prefixed lines)
J.H. Williams merged with Whitman & Barnes in 1920, and was then bought out by United Greenfield in the '50's.
TRW took over the company in 1968, and it was sold to it's current owner, Snap-on in 1993.
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Moar Williams History:
progress-is-fine.blogspot.com...
maggieblanck.com/BrooklynRedHo...
alloy-artifacts.org/williams-s...
E.W. Bliss Co Catalogs:
archive.org/details/cu3192403...
Williams Catalogs:
archive.org/search?query=crea...
Vulcan Tool Truck Catalog:
archive.org/details/vulcantoo...
Diamond sues Brock & Williams:
nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=...
Brock leaves company 1886:
nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=...
Matthew Diamond obituary:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
Bathhouse Articles:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
www.google.com/books/edition/...
Bathhouse, plant safety insurance, mutal aid society etc:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
www.google.com/books/edition/...
Buffalo Plant Construction:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
Redfield quote:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
Redfield Testifies before congress:
books.google.com/books?pg=PA6...
1917 Agrippa Ad:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
1919 Blacksmith Journal article:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
www.google.com/books/edition/...
Whitman & Barnes Merger:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
www.google.com/books/edition/...
W&B Marked Wrenches:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
Williams-Husky Wrenches:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
1942 War Department Order:
www.google.com/books/edition/...
1959 Craftsman Rebranded Wrench:
archive.org/details/sears-cra...
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:17 Williams goes through partners
01:51 Factory Conditions
04:08 Williams Death & Changes
05:15 Whitman & Barnes
05:41 Superrench & Williams Innovations
08:13 Greenfield Era
08:43 TRW, Snap-on & Present Day
09:46 Some Tools
10:15 Outro