square maker

MIDDLETOWN CONNECTICUT

T. C. Crouch & Co.

Tool Makers of
Middletown, Connecticut

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Tools Made: Squares, bevels and marking gauges.

Working Dates: 1855-66?  

     Very little information exists on this maker. The squares are marked with or without an Eagle, brass star, the maker name and with or without the city name. He is listed in the 1850 U. S. census as a moulder, age 22. Born in Germany. A moulder (molder) is a person who make molds used in casting metal.

     In 1855 the company won an award from the Middlesex Co. Agricultural Society for squares and bevels.

 

Logo on a square. Type 1. The eagle, star and  the maker's name.

 

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Mark "T. C. CROUCH & Co."

 

Type 2.  Star, name and city.

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Marked "T. C. CROUGH & Co. / MIDDLETOWN CT"

 

Marking Gauge pictures provided by MWTCA member Jim Fox.

 

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Marked "T. C. CROUGH & Co. / MIDDLETOWN CT"

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