An early metal adjustable spanner with wooden handle. The top jaw is fixed while the lower jaw moves by turning a screw thread keeping the jaws parallel. Made by Loring Coes.
Inscription
COES / WRENCH CO / WORCESTER / MASS
L COES / PATD / MAY 15 1900 / STEEL BAR [taken from similar item]
Part of a collection of coach building tools used at the James Higgins Coach Factory in Townsend Street Albury.
This item was displayed from August 2019 – December 2019 in the New Acquisitions Case at the Albury LibraryMuseum.
Part of a collection of coach building tools used at the James Higgins Coach Factory in Townsend Street Albury.
This item was displayed from August 2019 – December 2019 in the New Acquisitions Case at the Albury LibraryMuseum.
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