The Steam Ship Arabia wrenches

[Branson]

Found this photo the morning.  Interesting monkey wrench, and a multi opening wrench, along with several other fixed wrenches.  Kinda curious about the latter.  The Arabia went down September 5, 1856.

http://www.pbase.com/hockingphotos/image/81691816

[turnnut]

the hex wrenches with the log slot ?

the slotted part is used on wing nuts.

[rusty]

Thinking trap wrench, note here: http://www.pbase.com/hockingphotos/image/127454391

[john k]

Ah, the COES pattern wrench.  The big rusty things to the left are kegs of nails, minus the keg.   Ongoing preservation team working, 20 years into it, and not half done with what was hauled out of the boat.   Did you find a pic of the new Disston saws?

[scottg]

The Arabia carried a case of Western Spice Mills, amber pepper sauce bottles. They are in the shape of other bottles called the cathedral pattern.
  There is no other known Western Spice mills bottle and there are no early cathedral pepper sauce bottles in amber glass.
A single example would go over $20,000 on the open market. 

But if you dumped the whole case into the market all at once?
Ohhhhhhhhh it'd take a hit.
  Dump the whole dozen? Maybe $3000 per.  A couple might even trade for 500 or even less in a desperate time. 
  But eventually, as long as there were no more found, they would work their way back up.

   I once bought some slightly post Civil war ink bottles for 2 bucks apiece. An entire basement stuffed to the rafters with original 1870's ink and mucilage bottles was found somewhere.
  A company that never started.
A guy ordered the bottles made and ordered the labels printed, and secured the ink, and filled up the bottles.
Then nothing
Maybe an early death? Maybe just couldn't raise financing?
Whatever happened, the basement was abandoned for generations yet somehow remained dry. 

  Cool bottles. Brilliant labels that had not seen the light of day in 140 years.
2 bucks apiece.
  I should have bought more. 

     Oh well.  Story of my life. 
yours Scott

[Branson]

Ah, the COES pattern wrench.  The big rusty things to the left are kegs of nails, minus the keg.   Ongoing preservation team working, 20 years into it, and not half done with what was hauled out of the boat.   Did you find a pic of the new Disston saws?

I didn't find a pic of the Disston saws.  That would be nice! 

Take a closer look at the wrench.  It's not a Coes.  Might be a Merrick.  The adjustment is on the shaft like the Bemis and Call screw wrenches.  Which means that the B&C wrench I picked up can be used with impunity in my Civil War tool box.

[Charles Garrett]

Could the little wrenchs be snath wrenchs?  Chuck Garrett

[Chillylulu]

  Cool bottles. Brilliant labels that had not seen the light of day in 140 years.
2 bucks apiece.
  I should have bought more. 

     Oh well.  Story of my life. 
yours Scott

Scott,

Yep, you are blessed.  Are any of those still in your display?

(I've always been lucky too!)

Chilly - outwardly conforming and a collecter (hoarder in training) but a but if a hippie inside......


Branson,

Did you take that picture?

Chilly

[Branson]

Branson,  Did you take that picture?
Chilly

Nope.  It's on the web at the Arabia site.