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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: skipskip on June 02, 2019, 10:33:46 PM

Title: I need RR wrench ID help , please
Post by: skipskip on June 02, 2019, 10:33:46 PM

today I got a quite old engineering style wrench, cast (steel?) 

very oldschool style tool and very heavy

the opening is 2 3/8 and the head is 1 inch thick

no subtlety here its a big honkin wrench

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47997678858_c7ddbf066d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g8oDHd)jun019 (https://flic.kr/p/2g8oDHd) by Skip Albright (https://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47997682997_7ba2fba4d0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g8oEWz)jun020 (https://flic.kr/p/2g8oEWz) by Skip Albright (https://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/), on Flickr



the ID part is:

its stamped W S & H

It was found here in upstate NY, in the upper Hudson Valley.

So I leapt to the idea that it was from the West Shore and Hudson Railroad

It doesn't say "RR"

Nor is there an exact match to west shore and hudson

does anyone have a link to RR history that is more complete than wikipedia?

OR does WS & H mean something else altogether?  industrial? agricultural?

Thanks

Skip

Title: Re: I need RR wrench ID help , please
Post by: Lewill2 on June 03, 2019, 10:09:00 PM

Try www.railroadiana.org/pgRRNames.php

Title: Re: I need RR wrench ID help , please
Post by: skipskip on June 04, 2019, 12:12:52 AM

Quote from: Lewill2 on June 03, 2019, 10:09:00 PM

Try www.railroadiana.org/pgRRNames.php

and there goes Skip , down the rabbit hole

Thanks

Title: Re: I need RR wrench ID help , please
Post by: wrenchguy on June 04, 2019, 09:11:10 AM

Thats a neat looking wrench!

Title: Re: I need RR wrench ID help , please
Post by: Bill Houghton on June 17, 2019, 05:19:51 PM

Quote from: skipskip on June 04, 2019, 12:12:52 AM

and there goes Skip , down the rabbit hole

Thanks

Google "recipes using rabbit;" over 23 million when I looked just now.  You just need to bring the rabbits up with you.

Title: Re: I need RR wrench ID help , please
Post by: skipskip on June 17, 2019, 10:08:13 PM

more of a "Alice in Wonderland" kind of journey

Quote from: Bill Houghton on June 17, 2019, 05:19:51 PM

Quote from: skipskip on June 04, 2019, 12:12:52 AM

and there goes Skip , down the rabbit hole

Thanks

Google "recipes using rabbit;" over 23 million when I looked just now.  You just need to bring the rabbits up with you.