H. D. Smith & Co.

H. D. Smith & Co.;[1]
Industry Manufacturing;[1]
Founded 1850;[1]
Headquarters 24 West St., Plantsville, Connecticut;[1]
Key people
 (1893) H. D. Smith, president;[1]
G. F. Smith, secretary;[1]
E. W. Twitchell, treasurer;[1]
W. S. Ward, superintendent;[1]
and
(E. P. Hotchkis
(1904) L. V. Walkley, president;
Louis H. Schmitt, secretary;
George R. Bond, treasurer;
Wm. S. Ward, general superintendent.[2]
Products Carriage, wagon and sleigh forgings;[1]
Slogan Manufactures of "Perfect Handel" tools

H. D. Smith & Co. was a tool manufacturing company based in Plantsville, Connecticut.

H.D. Smith & Co. hardware works was originally in Meriden, Connecticut began as a supplier to the carriage makers of New Haven, Connecticut. H.D. Smith later moved to Plantsville, Connecticut where they originally used leased facilities until they were able to move into the H.D. Smith & Co. works. Around 1900 the company shifted production to bicycle parts and tool kits for automobiles.[1]

H.D. Smith & Co. was well known for its “Perfect Handle” brand of tools.[3]

H. D. Smith was one of the originators of the drop-forging process.[2]


H. D. Smith & Co. Works. Plantsville, Connecticut, cir. 1883.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 H. D. Smith & Co. (1893), Catalogue of the H.D. Smith & Co: Carriage, Wagon and Sleigh Forgings, Plantsville, Connecticut, Plantsville, Connecticut: H. D. Smith & Co., p. title page
  2. 1 2 The Carriage Monthly (April 1904), The Carriage Monthly: A Practical Journal for All Interested in Carriage Building, Vol.40, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Ware Bros.
  3. ↑ Mary Ellen, Mary Ellen Godin (August 14, 2015), Historic Southington building to become distillery for high-end whiskey, bourbon, Meriden, Connecticut: The Record-Journal
  4. ↑ Plantsville Historic District

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