Millers Falls Company

	Millers Falls Company Millers Falls Co. is a tool manufacturing company originally based in Millers Falls, Massachusetts. It was established in Greenfield, Massachusetts in 1868 as Gunn & Amidon by Levi J. Gunn and Charles H. Amidon. Gunn and Amidon, along with a third partner, Henry L. Pratt built a factory in the north of Greenfield. After the Greenfield factory burned down, the company was reorganized as the Millers Falls Manufacturing Co. It merged with Backus Vise Co. in 1872 to form Millers Falls Co.. In 1931 Millers Falls tools purchased the majority of the shares of Goodell-Pratt tools and merged with that manufacturer in 1932. In 1962 the company was acquired by Ingersoll Rand. In 1982, Ingersoll Rand sold the Millers Falls business to the newly created ''Millers Falls Tool Co.'' The company was headquartered in Alpha, New Jersey. Since 2002 the company trademark has belonged to Hangzhou Great Star Industrial, of Hangzhou, China Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Chinese, Stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Millers Falls, Massachusetts Millers Falls is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Montague, Massachusetts, Montague and Erving, Massachusetts, Erving in Franklin County, Massachusetts, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,139 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts, metropolitan statistical area. History Located along the Mohawk Trail, Millers Falls was first established in 1824 as an agricultural community, named Grout's Corner after first settler Martin Grout (1790–1865). In the 1860s, however, the local growth of railroads stimulated development, as the New London Northern Railroad bought the Amherst, Belchertown and Palmer Railroad, Amherst & Palmer railroad in 1864 and in 1866 extended its line to a connection with the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad, Vermont & Massachusetts at Grout's Corner. With this new junction (rail), railroad juncture, the abundant water power of the waterfall, fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alpha, New Jersey Alpha is a borough in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the borough's population was 2,369,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Alpha borough, Warren County, New Jersey United States Census Bureau . Accessed May 31, 2013. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]