Clayton & Lambert Vintage Blow Torch #248

Description

Vintage Clayton & Lambert
Brass Blow Torch
Embossing  on front states:
Clayton Lambert
Mfg. Co
Trademark Mfg. Co.
Detroit Mich. U.S.A. Patent Applied For
#248 Stamped on bottom of piece under nozle
Very early model of this sought after Blow Torch
Approximate measurements: 11" high x 7 3/4" wide at top
Canister base is 6" in diameter.
This item has been previously owned / used and sh
ows signs
of wear such as scratches / scuffs / dents / stains.
This blow torch was probably made c.1915.  Railroad workers used blow torches to prepare wooden surfaces for painting and somethimges to melt ice on switches.  Clayton and Lambert traces its history to 1888.  Three Lambert brothers began making gasoline-burning blow torches in Ybsilanti, Michigan, in 1882.  Clayton, an inventor of firepots, joined the firm in 1887 and the name of the company soon became Clayton and Lambert Mfg. Co.  In 1899 the company built a plant in Detroit and by 1915 Clayton and Lambert were makingauto parts as well as blow orches and firepots.  The company moved to Louisville, Kentucky after World War II and moved production to Buckner, Kentucky in 1961.  Gasoline torches and firepots continued to be mamde until 1970.  The company is still in business in Buckner rand now makes swimming pools and industrial storage structures.
Collectible item - Vintage item / Sold As Is - Not Tested / The Top Control
Mechanism has some movement to it.