power hacksaw

MACHINES & MACHINERY
Holmes Motor Co.
USA: Connecticut: West Mystic; USA: Connecticut: New Haven
1912
38.50 x 50.75 x 16.00

Belt-driven power hacksaw; metal painted gray, very dirty and rusty, "42" cast twice, "40" cast once; maker's plate "1912 MODEL/ MADE BY/ THE WEST HAVEN MFG. CO./ NEW HAVEN, CONN. U.S.A./ USE UNIVERSAL BLADES/ FOR BEST RESULTS/ PATENTED AUG. 23, 1910." and on retailer's nameplate "THE FAIRBANKS Co./ MACHINE TOOLS & SUPPLIES/ NEW YORK./ ALBANY. BOSTON. BALTIMORE. BUFFALO/ HARTFORD. NEW ORLEANS. PATERSON. PHILADELPHIA/ PITTSBURG. PROVIDENCE. SYRACUSE"; from Holmes Motor Co. machine shop, W. Mystic, CT.

1983.112.17