The Ney Mfg. Co. No. 403 Barn Hay Pulley
Before the hay baler. Before the tractor. There was a rope, a pulley, and a man with a pitchfork. The Ney Manufacturing Company of Canton, Ohio built its business on the hardware that moved hay from wagon to loft — and this No. 403 barn pulley carries Jacob Ney's original 1879 patent date, the invention that launched the company.
Dover Manufacturing Co. No. 4 Asbestos Sad Iron
Every woman in America ironed clothes. Dover Manufacturing Company of Canal Dover, Ohio built its entire business on solving one part of that problem: the hot handle. This No. 4 asbestos sad iron — with its patented detachable hood, asbestos lining, and cool wooden handle — represents the SSC collection's first piece from Tuscarawas County.
Unknown Wapakoneta Foundry No. 258 Camp Waffle Iron
Before Wapak Hollow Ware. Before Ahrens and Arnold. Before the Indian Head logo. In 1858, an unnamed foundry in Wapakoneta, Ohio cast this diamond-pattern camp waffle iron — pushing the town's documented cast iron heritage back forty-five years before the foundry that put "Wapak" on the collecting map.