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The Crown Nail Company

Metal Working, Compilation No.56
Tack and nail making in Wolverhampton

The Crown Nail Company
Metal Working, Compilation No.56
Tack and nail making in Wolverhampton

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Tack making machinesBackground

A few weeks before they closed in December 2004, Bev Parker of the Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society asked us to record The Crown Nail Company in Commercial Road, Wolverhampton.


Copper tack machineThey were the last tack manufacturer in the country and one of the last cut nail and tack makers in Europe, with world-wide exports particularly of their well-known blued cut tacks


Bucket of metal strips - feed stock for the cut nail machinesStarting beside a basin of the Birmingham Canal Navigation about 1850 they gained their reputation by constantly innovating and building their own machines in-house with a highly skilled workforce, and using the finest quality steel.


Cutting nail and tack strips from sheet steelDespite this leading role in a competitive market, there was a very pleasant family firm atmosphere and the closure forced by competition from cheaper labour abroad was regretted by all.


Bluing tacks in rotating barrels heated by fierce gas jetsExamples of their nail and tack making machinery are now preserved in the Black Country Living Museum, Dudley.


A tray of finished tacks.

Details

  • Commentary by the Works Manager and Deputy Manager.
  • NGR: SO 9229 9831
  • £ 12.00 - DVD (Full-feature)
  • Running time: 46 mins.
  • Recorded: 2004
  • Price includes worldwide delivery.
  • 'PAL' and 'NTSC' versions available.


Crown Nail Co. - DVD case

 

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