Puget Sound S&W?

survivor45 · Jan 25, 2019

I have a Kelly Axe & Tool Co. Puget Sound pattern axe. I recently learned that the guy my dad got this from used to work for “the railroad” here in Washington state.
The axe is stamped S & W.
I’m wondering if anyone knows what the S & W stands for. I don’t have any good pictures right now. I’m just here killing time at work

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phantomknives · Jan 25, 2019

survivor45 said:
I have a Kelly Axe & Tool Co. Puget Sound pattern axe. I recently learned that the guy my dad got this from used to work for “the railroad” here in Washington state.
The axe is stamped S & W.
I’m wondering if anyone knows what the S & W stands for. I don’t have any good pictures right now. I’m just here killing time at work
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probably for south western railway, dont know why they would run that high but maybe it's a south western airway deal

survivor45 · Jan 25, 2019

There was a Seattle & Walla Walla Railway. But I’d think they would have stamped S & WW ??

survivor45 · Jan 25, 2019

Oh and once again sorry for no photo.
The stamp is “ S & W”
Not a S and a W

ithinkverydeeply · Jan 25, 2019

Ooh! Maybe it was this Boston company that invested in the railways around Seattle including the Seder-Wooley connection station.

But it looks like the S&W is the company name Stone & Webster, not Sedro-Woolley.

http://www.skagitriverjournal.com/RR/Interurban/Interurban03-Argus19130502.html

ithinkverydeeply · Jan 25, 2019

Extensive history of Stone & Webster here:
http://your.kingcounty.gov/dnrp/library/1993/mr7326-01/pt2.pdf

survivor45 · Jan 25, 2019

Hey thanks for finding this.
That Stone & Webster certainly had a huge presence here in the Puget Sound.
This is a very good lead.

survivor45 · Jan 26, 2019

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Yankee Josh · Jan 26, 2019

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Man that is a nice lookin' axe! I still don't have a Puget sound yet. That one is especially nice with some history to it! You must be happy to have that!

survivor45 · Jan 26, 2019

Yankee Josh said:
Man that is a nice lookin' axe! I still don't have a Puget sound yet. That one is especially nice with some history to it! You must be happy to have that!

Yes I am very happy to have this.
I got out of the Navy in 1993. Started to do a lot of camping. And I needed an axe. I had very little extra money back then. But I found this in my parents tool shed. I knew absolutely nothing about axes back then. But , cleaned it up. Never put it to a grinder it really was not in bad shape. Painted it and threw it in my tool box. It literally was not until last year when I got into axe collecting that I found out what exactly I had.
If I can now confirm that S & W is actually Stone & Webster. That would be fantastic. It appears that from 1904 to 1930 , S & W played a big part of bringing electric railways (and power and water ) to the Puget Sound area. So I feel it’s not at all unreasonable to think this could have been from their company.