The Sandusky Tool Company, pictured above in the
book Sandusky of To-Day, was established
in 1869 to succeed Allen, Dorsey and Tenner.
George Barney, Sr. was the company’s first president, and Stephen W.
Dorsey was its first superintendent. The company was well known for its fine
quality hand tools, including planes, hoes, axes and other small tools. A group
picture of the company’s employees was taken about 1870. Note that some of the
workers were quite young.
Here is a page from the 1886 Sanborn Map that shows
the location of the Sandusky Tool Company on Meigs Street, adjacent to Sandusky
Bay:
J.A.Montgomery, who was associated with the Sandusky Tool Company
for many years, was considered a mechanical genius. He designed woodworking
machinery that was in use at the tool company for as long as it was in
existence. The innovation continued after his death in 1899. W.G. Schwer patented this plane the
Sandusky Tool Company in 1928.
Mozart Gallup was director, treasurer, and assistant
secretary of the Sandusky Tool Company in 1880, and on September 14, 1886, he
became the president and general manager. Mr. Gallup held the office of
president of the company until his death in 1923.
This picture of the Sandusky Tool Company was most
likely taken in the 1920s.
In 1924, the Sandusky Tool Company
was hit by a tornado, and within five years, the company closed.
To read more about the of the
Sandusky Tool Company see the publication The Sandusky Tool Company Story by Wilbert
G. Schwer, housed with the local history and genealogical books in the
Reference Services Area of the Sandusky Library. Five images of tools made by
the Sandusky Tool Company can be seen online at the Ohio Memory Collection. To
view actual tools made by the Sandusky Tool Company, visit The Follett House
Museum, where tools are displayed in a room on the attic level.
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