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By 1905 Andrew Carnegie had provided funding for the building of 671 libraries in America at a cost of Six Million pounds, and in England 325...

I see, that would make sense. The only others I've found with such keyway profile are a set of 3 on eBay. They're huge, lovely chubbs', look like...

The way that padlock is numbered, plus the type of key suggests part of a MK system to me, or large set of locks specially keyed. Yes, the 1824...

Thanks for these dates Paul. I wrote a reply earlier, but seems it's disappeared into the ether. Good to have some pretty close manufacture dates...

As previously stated the full registers are at the London Guildhall. The interpretation of available numbers would suggest : 1891 - from the...

Hello May I please have the Chubb Lock Register information for the following four Chubb Locks? Chubb Rim Lock - No: 1891 Chubb Padlock -...

Andrew Carnegie, was responsible for hundreds of libraries here in the U.S. Also his steel company, Carnegie Steel Co. evolved into the United...

Andrew Carnegie, was responsible for hundreds of libraries here in the U.S. Also his steel company, Carnegie Steel Co. evolved into the United...

Possibly but hoped I could find a conection for the Carnegie libarys - for instance were they used to 'chain' certain books like the famous ...

Is it not for locking the chain to make a locked loop around one or two things?

In case it is somehow conected I post this, its marked 'Carnegie Steel Co.' - even if unconected it would be nice to know the purpose of the unusual...

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