The Perin & Gaff Mfg. Co. Cast Iron Chain Pulley

The Perin & Gaff Mfg. Co. Cast Iron Chain Pulley

A Cincinnati hardware manufacturer's working pulley survives with full foundry markings — the second Perin & Gaff piece in the SSC collection, expanding the documentation from the laundry room to the barn loft.

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The Ney Mfg. Co. No. 403 Barn Hay Pulley

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.

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