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Title: Murray and Westchester Wrench Info Needed
Post by: Bus on June 23, 2012, 07:57:00 PM

Anybody know anything about these brands?

The Murray 8 inch Crescent type is marked "Alloy Steel" on the reverse side.

The forged doe-s Westchester wrench is also marked "71-S". I have also seen a straight doe Westchester also.

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Title: Re: Murray and Westchester Wrench Info Needed
Post by: OilyRascal on June 23, 2012, 08:27:29 PM

From the 1923 Winchester catalog.  Appears to be different in markings.

Title: Re: Murray and Westchester Wrench Info Needed
Post by: stanley62 on June 25, 2012, 04:34:01 PM

Oily,

  Marks are different because the wrench is a WESTchester.  The catalogue is a WINchester...

Jim

Title: Re: Murray and Westchester Wrench Info Needed
Post by: OilyRascal on June 25, 2012, 04:35:37 PM

Thanks, Jim!  My bad.

Title: Re: Murray and Westchester Wrench Info Needed
Post by: rusty on June 25, 2012, 06:00:28 PM

There was a Westchester Wagon works/co in New Rochelle NY, 1908, but oddly, there are earlier references to a "Westchester type" wagon in 1864......

I am thinking there was an earlier wagon works actully in Westchester...

Westchester Wagon Works still exists in 1930, so the wrench would be in about the right timeframe then....

(google says New Rochelle is inside Westchester county...)
(OK,ok, I flunked Geography in school ;P)