Brooks Edge Tool manufacturing, Brooksville, Vermont
Subtitle: nineteenth century tool production for a nation growing westward
By: by Ralph Edison Brooks.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: R.E. Brooks
Published: 1995
Place of publication: 214 Main St., Foxboro MA 02035-1321
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Brooks Edge Tool Company -- History.; Machine-tool industry -- United States -- History.
First sentence: Brooks tool manufacturing really had its beginning in Sharon, Connecticut, where Bezaleel Brooks' grandparents, Benjamin and Ruth Davis were married on January 25, 1754.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-102) and index.
"December 1995."
Table of contents: title: Maps, pictures and illustrations - v - 1x; title: Introduction - x; title: Preface to Second Edition - xi; title: Chapter I - Beginnings in Connecticut and Massachusetts; title: Chapter II - Blacksmithing in Vermont: New Haven Mills, Vermont; title: Chapter III - What is Edge Tool Making all About?; title: Chapter IV - Brooks & Brothers Company, Brooksville (New Haven), Vermont; title: Chapter V - Brooks Edge Tool Company: A Younger Generation Takes Over; title: Chapter VI - A Declining Business; title: APPENDIX; title: REFERENCES; title: INDEX