Millers Falls Company — Related Businesses

The pages at oldtoolheaven.com contain information on a number of hardware businesses that were either absorbed by the Millers Falls Falls Company or affiliated with it in some way. This page lists a number of them, although it is by no means comprehensive. Rather than being shown as a family tree, the companies are grouped into clusters.

The 'Amidon Companies' cluster lists the partnerships that Charles H. Amidon was involved with after he left the Millers Falls Manufacturing Company. The 'Backus Companies' cluster contains a listing of companies associated with Quimby S. Backus, an inventor who sold his vise company to Millers Falls. When Millers Falls merged with Goodell-Pratt in 1931, it absorbed a company with a long history of acquiring smaller operations. The 'Goodell-Pratt Companies' cluster excludes those instances where the company purchased a product line rather than an entire business.

The Millers Falls Company itself could trace its history through several earlier incarnations, and it acquired a half dozen smaller companies during the twentieth century before a takeover by Ingersoll-Rand. Information on the Ingersoll-Rand Company and its numerous acquisitions is not included on this page.

The Amidon Companies

Information on the following can be found on the Charles H. Amidon page.
Amidon & Bastedo
Amidon & White
Amidon Bit Brace Company
Amidon Manufacturing Company
Amidon Tool Corporation
Saxton & Amidon

The Backus Companies

Information on the following can be found on the Quimby S. Backus page.
Backus Vise Company
Backus Manufacturing Company
Q.S. Backus, sole proprietor
Q.S. Backus & Company
Q.S. Backus Company
Union Vise Company (absorbed by Backus Vise)
See also: Mason & Parker Manufacturing Company (Manufactured tools for Backus)

The Goodell-Pratt Companies

Information on the following can be found on the Goodell-Pratt page.
A.F. Way Company
Ducharmes Company
Goodell Brothers
Goodell Manufacturing Company
Goodell, Son & Company
Goodell Tool Company
Massachusetts Tool Company
Stratton Brothers (became Stratton Level Company)
Stratton Level Company

The Millers Falls Company: its predecessors and acquisitions

Accurate Level Company
Ford Auger Bit Company
Levi Gunn, sole proprietor (see Gunn & Amidon)
Gunn & Amidon
Gunn Amidon & Saxton (See Gunn & Amidon)
Langdon Mitre Box Company
Millers Falls Mfg. Company
National Jack Company
Union Caliper Company (became Union Tool)
Union Tool Company (first reference; second reference)
West Haven Manufacturing Company

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