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Offline johnsironsanctuary

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John Parker Lindsay Patent
« on: August 22, 2012, 07:35:08 PM »
Back a few weeks, Lewill2 spotted a rare monkey wrench in the stash that got me my title. I finally researched it today. My aging eyeballs aren't  good at reading hammered up wrench markings, but I managed to see enough of the markings to get the patent date. I can only see 2 letters of the makers name, but that is enough once you have the patent. The two letters are; AN. It looks like it was marked at the factory; M&STPRW which I assume is Milwaukee and St Paul Rail Way. The wrench is a MANVEL & LINDSAY.

http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/advance.php?pn=51465&id=13747&set=2

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Re: John Parker Lindsay Patent
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2012, 09:18:43 PM »
Ahh, Nice.   Since its railroad, am betting its a steel handle, not a PH handle?   The Initials are done far better than any RR tools I have seen.   How long is it?
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Re: John Parker Lindsay Patent
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2012, 10:35:08 PM »
Actually it is a drilled wood handle much like a pipe wrench. The quality of the stamp and the placement is what makes me think that it was done at the factory. Considering that the Milwaukee Road had a shop capable of building a complete locomotive from scratch, they could have done it too. It is 12 inches long.
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