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<p>The Fulton Tool Company (sometimes referred to as Fulton Tool Works) was established in 1882 in Canal Fulton, Ohio. They created wrenches, axes, picks, and other mining tools in Canal Fulton during the coal mining days until relocating to Huntington, West Virginia in 1916. Fulton Tool Company became a fairly prevalent brand, in part due to its presence in the Sears Catalog starting in 1905. Once Sears began the Craftsman brand in 1927, however, Fulton tools became a secondary brand in the catalog and went out of business sometime shortly after that.<ref>http://alloy-artifacts.org/craftsman-early-tools.html#fulton</ref><ref>https://www.timetestedtools.net/2016/01/27/fulton-or-fulton-tool-company/</ref>.</p>
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<p>The Fulton Tool Works (also referred to as Fulton Tool Company) was established in 1882 in Canal Fulton, Ohio. They created wrenches, axes, picks, and other mining tools in Canal Fulton during the coal mining days until relocating to Huntington, West Virginia in 1916. Fulton Tool Company became a fairly prevalent brand, in part due to its presence in the Sears Catalog starting in 1905. Once Sears began the Craftsman brand in 1927, however, Fulton tools became a secondary brand in the catalog and went out of business sometime shortly after that.<ref>http://alloy-artifacts.org/craftsman-early-tools.html#fulton</ref><ref>https://www.timetestedtools.net/2016/01/27/fulton-or-fulton-tool-company/</ref>.</p>
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<p>In 1916 Fulton Tool Works operated in three locations: one in Martin's Ferry, OH, one in Huntington, WV, and one in Canal Fulton, OH.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=DrqrIPGwyEUC&pg=RA1-PA64&lpg=RA1-PA64&dq=fulton+tool+company+canal+fulton&source=bl&ots=3vf3vNz0QG&sig=ACfU3U1jamLlDvUXn9ncUQYJP_h8NalkOw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjarPL-lLjnAhUWWs0KHTuoBr44ChDoATAAegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=fulton%20tool%20company%20canal%20fulton&f=false</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 15:03, 4 February 2020

The Fulton Tool Works (also referred to as Fulton Tool Company) was established in 1882 in Canal Fulton, Ohio. They created wrenches, axes, picks, and other mining tools in Canal Fulton during the coal mining days until relocating to Huntington, West Virginia in 1916. Fulton Tool Company became a fairly prevalent brand, in part due to its presence in the Sears Catalog starting in 1905. Once Sears began the Craftsman brand in 1927, however, Fulton tools became a secondary brand in the catalog and went out of business sometime shortly after that.[1][2].

In 1916 Fulton Tool Works operated in three locations: one in Martin's Ferry, OH, one in Huntington, WV, and one in Canal Fulton, OH.[3]

  • Their factory in Canal Fulton in 1898.

  • Example of a Fulton axe.

  • Example of a Fulton axe.

  • 1905 Sears Catalog featuring a Fulton circular saw.[4]

  1. ↑ http://alloy-artifacts.org/craftsman-early-tools.html#fulton
  2. ↑ https://www.timetestedtools.net/2016/01/27/fulton-or-fulton-tool-company/
  3. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=DrqrIPGwyEUC&pg=RA1-PA64&lpg=RA1-PA64&dq=fulton+tool+company+canal+fulton&source=bl&ots=3vf3vNz0QG&sig=ACfU3U1jamLlDvUXn9ncUQYJP_h8NalkOw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjarPL-lLjnAhUWWs0KHTuoBr44ChDoATAAegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=fulton%20tool%20company%20canal%20fulton&f=false
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/FultonSawsBySearsRoebuckCo/mode/2up
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