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Coes Wrench Company

American tool manufacturing company

Coes Wrench Company was a tool manufacturing company based in Worcester, Massachusetts. The company was originally part of the L. and A. G. Coes & Co. The Coes Wrench Company was founded April 1, 1888.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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US-MA(1891) p397 WORCESTER, COES WRENCH COMPANY
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Coes Wrench Company was a tool manufacturing company based in Worcester, Massachusetts. The company was originally part of the L. and A. G. Coes & Co.2

The story

Coes and his brother Aury Gates Coes worked for the firm of Kimball and Fuller, a firm that made machinery for the woolen industry. In 1836 the Coes brothers purchased the business and formed the L. & A. G. Coes company as a partnership. In October 1839 the facility where they worked was destroyed by a fire. The Coes brothers were unable to continue in businesses so they moved to Springfield, Massachusetts to work as pattern makers in the foundry of Laurin Trask.

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Acquisitions

In 1888 Coes Wrench Company was merged with the Loring Coes & Company.

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