Akron Brass Mfg Inc — No. 10 Fireman’s Spanner Wrench
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Akron Brass Mfg Inc — No. 10 Fireman’s Spanner Wrench

Wooster, Ohio built this tool for a firefighter's belt. The Akron Brass Mfg Inc No. 10 fireman's spanner wrench — patented February 24, 1925, cast in Wayne County iron, marked AKRON BRASS MFG INC · WOOSTER OHIO on one side and PATENT FEB. 24 1925 ★ NO. 10 on the other — is eleven inches of compound S-curve cast iron engineered to do four things at once: pull a hydrant cap, operate a valve, make a hose connection, and pry a door. Akron Brass started in a leased cereal factory in Akron in 1918, moved to Wooster in 1921, and never left. The company that cast this wrench is still in Wooster today, still making fire equipment, a century later. This tool came first.

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