B.B. Noyes & Co. Green River Swage Blocks:
From page 577 of the Carey Machinery & Supply Co. Baltimore, Maryland 1929 Catalog #10.
These were the typical industrial production blocks of the time and had the option of being machined (planed) flat.
Green River blocks were made by the Noyes Foundry Company, Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Noyes made a variety blacksmithing equipment including the Greenfield Caulking Vise and Noyes drill presses.
Earlier ad for unnamed Green River blocks in the Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Railway and Machinists' Tools and Supplies, Illustrated Catalogue of 1894.
Courtesy of Frank Turley. Stand Detail
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B.B. Noyes & Co. Green River Swage Block
Photos of small Noyes Foundry Co. swage block with details. more
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