E. C. Atkins & Company

E. C. Atkins & Company
Industry	Hardware and tools
Founded	1855
Founder(s)	Elias C. Atkins
Headquarters	Cleveland, OH. (1855-1856) Indianapolis, IN. (1856-1961) Greenville, MS. (1961-1970)
Owner(s)	Borg-Warner Corporation (1952-1966) Nicholson File Company (1966-1970)
Defunct	1970
ca. 1900

E. C. Atkins & Company was founded in 1855 by Elias C. Atkins in Cleveland, Ohio. Its industry was hardware and tools and its headquarters were in Cleveland, Ohio (1855-1856), Indianapolis, Indiana (1856-1961) and Greenville, Mississippi (1961-1970). In 1952, the company was acquired by the Borg-Warner Corporation. The Atkins division was sold to the Nicholson File Company in 1966. In 1970, the Greenville plant was renamed Nicholson File Company in place of Atkins Saw.

ADDRESSES

• 410 S. Illinois Street, Indianapolis, IN. (1936)

PLANTS

• Indianapolis, Indiana
• Portland, Oregon
• Lancaster, New York
• Hamilton, Ontario

COMPANY NAMES

Note: The factory in which E. C. Atkins originally operated out of in Indianapolis was known as Sheffield Saw Works)

• E. C. Atkins (1855-1865)
• E. C. Atkins & Company (1865-1952)
• Atkins Saw Division (1952-1970)

PRODUCTS

• "A.A.A." Corundum Wheels
• "A.A.A." Plastering Trowels
• "Aerolite" Grinding Wheels
• Hack Saw Machines
  • "Kwik Kut"
• Machine Knives
• Pruning Shears
  • No. 100
• "Segment" Ground Cross-Cut Saws
• Silver Steel Files
• Silver Steel Pruning Saws
  • No. 3 Duplex
  • No. 9 Tapered
  • No. 11 Tapered
  • No. 12 Paragon
  • No. 18 Folding
  • No. 22 Curved
  • No. 40 Tuttle Tooth
  • No. 120 California Curved
  • No. 129 California Curved
• Silver Steel Saws
  • "Blue End" Hacksaw Blades
  • Circular Saws
  • No. 1 Mitre Box Saw
  • No. 2 Back Saw
  • No. 3 Nest of Saws
  • No. 5 Segment Ground Cross Cut Saw
  • No. 9 Compass Saw
  • No. 10 Easy Grip Hack Saw Frame
  • No. 11 Pistol Grip Hack Saw Frame
  • No. 16 Butcher Saw
  • No. 29 Hand Saw
  • No. 40 Special Steel Pruning Saw
  • No. 51 Segmount Ground Cross Cut Saw
  • No. 53 Hand Saw
  • No. 55 Segment Ground "Blue End" Saw
  • No. 59 "Sheffield" Special Steel Saw
  • No. 64 (Old Style Handle, Straight Back)
  • No. 65 (Perfection Handle, Straight Back)
  • No. 72 (Ship Carpenter's Saw, Narrow Point)
  • No. 77 Butcher Saw
  • No. 150 Hand Saw
  • No. 225 "Victor" Electric Alloy Cross Cut Saw
  • No. 330 Tuttle Tooth Saw
  • No. 331 Tuttle Tooth Saw
  • No. 332 Tuttle Tooth Saw
  • No. 332½ Tuttle Tooth Saw
  • No. 389 One-Man Saw
  • No. 401 Hand Saw
  • No. 540 Segmount Ground Cross Cut Saw
  • No. 654 One-Man Saw
• Silver Steel Trowels
  • No. 1 Morfloat
  • No. 15 Feather-Weight

TRADE CATALOGS

• 1894

ADVERTISEMENTS

Hardware (Oct. 10, 1897)

Hardware Dealers' Magazine (July 1908)

The Iron Age (May 1, 1913)

National Hardware Bulletin (May 1914)

National Hardware Bulletin (May 1915)

American Carpenter & Builder (February 1916)

National Hardware Bulletin (May 1916)

American Builder (April 1919)

Hardware News (December 1919)

American Builder (November 1923)

Motor Age (April 17, 1924)

Building Age & National Builder (December 1925)

Popular Mechanics (November 1926)

Hardware Age (Sept. 28, 1933)

Hardware Age (Sept. 28, 1933)

Hardware Age (Jan. 2, 1936)

Hardware Age (July 29, 1937)

Hardware Age (July 29, 1937)