J T Slocomb Company History

Jt Slocumb

Companies Associated w/Complex

Union Twist Drill Company History

• Glazier and Sons Manufacturing Co. c.1870-1933
• Hopewell Manufacturing Co. 1936-1956
• J.T. Slocomb Co. 1956-c.1990
• Mowry Finishing and Dyeing Co. 1936-1956
• Naog Manufacturing Co. 1848-c.1870

There are two micrometers with the name 'J.T. Slocomb, Providence RI'. Can anyone tell me about these companies? I've always been interested in the history of the people and companies that made all this possible, and it is thrilling to be able to use the same tools that my Grandfather used so many years ago. Slocomb's Catalog No. 13C was issued Feb. 15 was issued Aug. 16 was issued by 1920. The only possible reference to No. 18 is in a Google Books snippet view (restricted) of 'American Machinist', Volume 84, 1940, page 183 which refers to micrometer set no. 22 and says, 'See Catalog 18 for full data.'

Use (Historic)

Largest Documented Workforce

Unknown

Historic Narrative

Glastonbury, Connecticut never materialized into an industrialized city like its neighbors, however, the area surrounding the Roaring Brook did see the growth of several large industrial operations. In 1836, Amos and Sprowell Dean built a mill on property near the Roaring Brook, purchased from a farmer named Charles Shipman. By 1837, the mill was producing wool products, primarily satinet: an inexpensive, partially recycled material used predominately in male trousers. In 1848, the Deans sold a large interest in their mill to several local Glastonbury men to form the joint stock entity called the Naog Manufacturing Company. In 1861, two of the firm's principle owners, Martin Hollister and Franklin Glazier bought out the rest of the stockholders, and in 1870, the latter became the sole proprietor of the operation. As Franklin Glazier and Sons Manufacturing Company, operations increased exponentially. With production up to nearly 500,000 yards of finished wool per year, and new products added continually (including “Kentucky Jeans”), Glazier made many substantial building expansions and updated the plant from water wheel to turbine power.Throughout the nineteenth century, the company expanded its production line, and added uniforms and automotive clothing in the early twentieth century. It became known as the Glazier Manufacturing Company in 1909. A victim of the Great Depression, the mill was sold in 1933 to the Brookside Woolen mill, but that operation lasted only three years until being sold again to the Hopewell Manufacturing Company of New York. Hopewell operated as a textile mill under the name Mowry Finishing and Dyeing Company, closing after the Second World War. The buildings were acquired by the J. T. Slocomb Company in 1956; Slocomb produced micrometers (a measuring and calibrating device) at the site until the late 1990s.