Yale & Towne Mfg. Co.

Linus Yale and Henry R. Towne founded the Yale Lock Manufacturing Company in 1868 and built a factory in Stamford, Connecticut. In the first year of the company's existence Linus Yale died, but the company continued under the leadership of Towne. The company diversified, and expanded from lock manufacturing to materials handling. About 1883 the company changed it's name to Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company.