Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co
1868 Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co. were established in October 1868 at Stamford, Connecticut, USA by Linus Yale (junior) and Henry R. Towne, a spin off of the famous lock company founded by Linus Yale (junior) in 1864.
1875 Started producing materials handling equipment
1883 Albert H. Emery patented testing machines, dynamometers, etc[1] on behalf of a subsidiary of the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co of Stamford, Conn, USA.
1885 Gold medal for invention in respect of locks.
1904 British subsidiary, Yale and Towne Co, was established
1909 US licensees of the differential pulley block invented by Thomas A. Weston[2]
1929 Yale and Towne Co started operating in the Midlands
c1936 Established their materials handling division in Waddens Brook Lane, Wednesfield, becoming one of nine factories located across the country.
1963 Eaton Manufacturing Co of Cleveland, USA acquired Yale and Towne
1966 Yale and Towne and Eaton Manufacturing merged into one corporation to form Eaton Yale and Towne Incorporated. [3]
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- [1] Black Country history