Lots of Corporate Tracheary at the Utica Tools Plant (Company History & Lore)

Опубликовано: 17 Июнь 2026
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This video chronicles the history of Utica Drop Forge & Tool Company,
which once was one of the largest manufacturers of pliers in the world.

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Moar History:
http://alloy-artifacts.org/utica-tool...

Old Utica Catalogs:
https://archive.org/search?query=utic...

Patents:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2...
https://patents.google.com/?assignee=...

Interchangeable End Nipper Announcement 1878:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Interchangeable moves to Utica 1893:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Whites buy Interchangeable:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Smith & Hemenway 1898:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Russell v Utica Lawsuit:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1908 Factory Announcement:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1921 $225,000 bonds:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

Plant closed July of 1921:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

1922 Former VP Arrested:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...
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https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

1926 Fake Utica Tools:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Smith & Hemenway execs join 1926:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

1928 Arrow Wrench company
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

Vacuum Melting Furnace:
https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter...

Union Issues:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

2013 TECT Aerospace Website:
https://web.archive.org/web/201303280...

TECT Purchased by Whitcraft 2020:
https://www.greenbriarequity.com/whit...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Interchangeable Tool Co
00:45 Utica Drop Forge
01:19 Patent Infringement?
02:25 A New Factory
02:58 Embezzlement?
03:54 A New Owner
04:15 Fake Uticas?
04:37 Expansion
05:42 Union Issues
06:48 Triangle Corp
07:26 What's Left of Utica Today?
08:17 Outro