Millers Falls Company Explained

Millers Falls Company
Foundation:	1868
Location:	Millers Falls, Massachusetts Alpha, New Jersey
Key People:	Levi J. Gunn, Charles H. Amidon, Henry L. Pratt
Industry:	Manufacturing
Products:	Hand tools

Millers Falls Co. is a tool manufacturing company originally based in Millers Falls, Massachusetts.

It was established in Greenfield, Massachusetts in 1868 as Gunn & Amidon by Levi J. Gunn and Charles H. Amidon. Gunn and Amidon, along with a third partner, Henry L. Pratt built a factory in the north of Greenfield. After the Greenfield factory burned down, the company was reorganized as the Millers Falls Manufacturing Co. It merged with Backus Vise Co. in 1872 to form Millers Falls Co..^[1]

In 1931 Millers Falls tools purchased the majority of the shares of Goodell-Pratt tools and merged with that manufacturer in 1932.

In 1962 the company was acquired by Ingersoll Rand.^[2]

In 1982, Ingersoll Rand sold the Millers Falls business to the newly created Millers Falls Tool Co. The company was headquartered in Alpha, New Jersey.^[3] Since 2002 the company trademark has belonged to Hangzhou Great Star Industrial, of Hangzhou, China.

Publications

• The catalogue, regularly published, with issues between 1883 and 1992 on record in libraries.,
• A complete list in miniature of Russell's world renowned scroll saw designs., 1880.
• A complete list in miniature of Wild's latest scroll saw designs, 1880.
• A complete list in miniature of Bowman's famous scroll saw designs, 1880.
• Tool practice : a treatise on the proper use and care of tools, containing information and advice of use to the mechanic, instructive and an inspiration to the apprentice, 1911.
• You and your company, 1952.
• Hand Tools, 1999.

External links

• A Millers Falls Home Page
• Old Wood Working Machines: Manufacturers Index: Millers Falls Co.
• The Curious Case of Millers Falls
• Rose Antique Tools: Millers Falls

Notes and References

1. Web site: US Patent 132,791 . Directory of American Tool and Machinery Parts . 2007-03-18.
2. Web site: IR's Acquisitions . Ingersoll Rand . 2005 . 2007-03-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230336/http://www.ingersollrand.com/pressroom/irworld/archives/irw1q05/65739.html . September 27, 2007 .
3. Web site: United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices . 12 July 2005 . 2007-03-15 .