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=== '''<u>SUBSIDIARIES</u>''' ===
 
=== '''<u>SUBSIDIARIES</u>''' ===
 
* Canadian Yale & Towne Ltd. (St. Catharines, Ontario)
 
* Canadian Yale & Towne Ltd. (St. Catharines, Ontario)
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*[[Norton Door Closer Company]]
   
 
=== '''<u>COMPANY NAMES</u>''' ===
 
=== '''<u>COMPANY NAMES</u>''' ===
Yale Lock Manufacturing Company (1868-1883)
 
   
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company (1883-1963)
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* Yale Lock Manufacturing Company (1868-1883)
 
* Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company (1883-1963)
 
Yale & Towne, Inc. (1963-1966)
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* Yale & Towne, Inc. (1963-1966)
   
 
==='''<u>PRODUCTS</u>'''===
 
==='''<u>PRODUCTS</u>'''===
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*"Blount" Door Checks
*Yale Pintumbler Padlock
 
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*"Triplex" Chain Blocks
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*"Yale" Cylinder Latches
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*"Yale" Cylinder Locks
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*"Yale" Door Checks
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*"Yale" Padlocks
 
**"Pintumbler"
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* "Zephyr" Elevating Hand Trucks
   
 
=== '''<u>ADVERTISEMENTS</u>''' ===
 
=== '''<u>ADVERTISEMENTS</u>''' ===
<gallery>
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<gallery widths="185">
File:Yalead.JPG|''The Ohio Architect and Builder'' (January 1905)
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Yaletowne8.PNG|''The Dodge Idea'' (July 1904)
yaletowne5.JPG|''The Automobile Trade Directory'' (July 1910)
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Yalead.JPG|''The Ohio Architect and Builder'' (January 1905)
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Yaletowne7.PNG|''Hardware Dealers' Magazine'' (January 1907)
yale2.JPG|''The Saturday Evening Post'' (Dec. 17, 1910)
 
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Yaletowne5.JPG|''The Automobile Trade Directory'' (July 1910)
yale3.JPG|''The Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers'' (January 1911)
 
yaletowne.JPG|''American Builder'' (November 1923)
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Yale2.JPG|''The Saturday Evening Post'' (Dec. 17, 1910)
 
Yale3.JPG|''The Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers'' (January 1911)
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Yaletowne6.JPG|''The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine'' (July 1911)
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Yaletowne.JPG|''American Builder'' (November 1923)
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Yaletowne10.png|''New Equipment Digest'' (January 1956)
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Yaletowne9.png|''Hardware Age'' (June 20, 1957)
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
 
[[Category:Companies founded in 1868]]
 
[[Category:Companies founded in 1868]]
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[[Category:Companies of Pennsylvania]]
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[[Category:Companies of Philadelphia, PA.]]
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[[Category:Companies of Connecticut]]
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[[Category:Companies of Stamford, CT.]]
 
[[Category:Adjusters]]
 
[[Category:Adjusters]]
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[[Category:Casement Adjusters]]
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[[Category:Locks]]

Revision as of 15:53, 14 January 2022

The Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company was founded on December 9, 1868 by Linus Yale, Jr. and Henry R. Towne in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its industry was locks and its headquarters were in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1868-1869), Stamford, Connecticut (1869-1948) and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1948-1966).

In 1894, the company sold its crane department to the Brown Hoisting Machinery Company. In 1963, the firm was acquired by the Eaton Manufacturing Company and operated as a division. It was merged into Eaton in 1966, which became Eaton, Yale & Towne, Inc.

In 1984 the operation was reformed as Yale Materials Handling Corporation.

PLANTS

  • Buffalo, New York (1946-1949)
  • Gallatin, Tennessee
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Stamford, Connecticut (1869-1959)

SUBSIDIARIES

COMPANY NAMES

  • Yale Lock Manufacturing Company (1868-1883)
  • Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company (1883-1963)
  • Yale & Towne, Inc. (1963-1966)

PRODUCTS

  • "Blount" Door Checks
  • "Triplex" Chain Blocks
  • "Yale" Cylinder Latches
  • "Yale" Cylinder Locks
  • "Yale" Door Checks
  • "Yale" Padlocks
    • "Pintumbler"
  • "Zephyr" Elevating Hand Trucks

ADVERTISEMENTS