The Stillson Pipe Wrench - History & Lore

The Stillson pattern pipe wrench is an iconic American tool. But where did it come from? Who made it?

This video chronicles the story of Daniel Stillson, and the Walworth Manufacturing Company.

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Moar History:
http://alloy-artifacts.org/walworth-m...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/0...
https://massplumbers.com/2020/02/07/a...
https://antique-engine.ns.ca/walworth...
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/...
https://www.heatinghelp.com/news-and-...
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
https://archive.org/details/jstor-182...

Stillson Patents:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US5...
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9...

Walworth Patents:
https://patents.google.com/?assignee=...

JJ Walworth Bio:
https://www.masshist.org/collection-g...

JJ Walworth Obituary:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

Old Walworth Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=...
https://archive.org/search?query=crea...

Current Walworth Website:
https://walworth.com/us/quienes-somos...

1917 South Africa Ad:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1920 Walworth Trademark Ad:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1920 Building Photos:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1922 Factory Photos:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1922 Prize Article:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1922 Dan Stillson Ad:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1922 Out of Luck Ad:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Stillson Pipe Wrench Lawsuit:
https://casetext.com/case/walworth-co...
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1928 Strength Test:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1985 Trademark assignment to Mexico:
https://assignments.uspto.gov/assignm...

Charlestown Navy Yard Drawings:
https://archive.org/details/charlesto...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Daniel Stillson
01:30 The Walworth Company
02:11 Stillson's Design
03:24 The Origin Story
04:42 Patent Expiration & Lawsuits
06:18 Ad Campaigns
07:10 Walworth's Other Innovations
08:35 Modern Changes to the Design
09:18 Walworth Today
09:45 Outro