SGC-CT068-068 · Research edition September 12, 2026
A selected, source-based research collection for New Haven and Fairfield counties. Includes credited photographs where reusable images were located, historical interpretation and links to supporting records. It is a growing inventory, not an exhaustive survey. Photographs retain their individual dates and reuse terms; images do not establish present access conditions.
The story in pictures
Factory of Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford, Connecticut, 1873
Depicts 1873; published 1908
Historical illustration of the Yale Lock factory in Stamford, depicting 1873; reproduced in a 1908 genealogy.
Preservation Connecticut records more than fifty buildings erected between 1869 and 1928 in the Yale & Towne complex. Its products expanded from locks to hardware, safe-deposit boxes, winches and electric hoists. Factory growth changed the scale and organization of the surrounding South End. [CT068-S01]
The buildings also record changing industrial construction. Earlier brick and timber factories were followed by steel-framed foundries and reinforced-concrete manufacturing blocks. Yale & Towne relocated in the 1950s; subsequent reuse and building losses belong to a different period from the original manufacturing history. [CT068-S01]
More than fifty buildings erected between 1869 and 1928 record a long process of expansion. Locks, other hardware, safe-deposit boxes, winches and electric hoists required different spaces and skills. This range of products makes the works a useful example of an enterprise whose familiar name covers more than one line of manufacture. [CT068-S01]
Brick-and-timber structures, steel-framed foundries and reinforced-concrete blocks preserve successive building methods. Their differences can help readers understand the complex as a changing working environment rather than one factory built at a single moment. The company's relocation in the 1950s began a later history of reuse and loss. Factory-era photographs, tool-room views and later exteriors can be compared to follow that transition, while directories and employment records are needed to connect the changing buildings to the people living in Stamford's South End. [CT068-S01]
Key dates
1869 — Early factory building constructed CT068-S01
1950s — Company relocated from the Stamford works CT068-S01
Site status: Former factory district; surviving buildings and later reuse
A closer look at the surviving record
Factory of Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford, Connecticut, 1873
Historical illustration. Historical illustration of the Yale Lock factory in Stamford, depicting 1873; reproduced in a 1908 genealogy. Historical illustration. Do not label or count as a illustration.
Factory of Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford, Connecticut, 1903
Historical illustration. Historical bird’s-eye illustration of the Yale & Towne factory in Stamford, depicting 1903; reproduced in a 1908 genealogy. Historical illustration. Do not label or count as a illustration.
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CT068-S01 · Sources & research leads · Source reviewed September 2026
Preservation Connecticut: Yale and Towne works
Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. Locks, hoists and a changing factory complex connect invention with the industrial growth of Stamford’s South End.
External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
CT068-P01 · Illustrations · Depicts 1873; published 1908
Factory of Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford, Connecticut, 1873
Historical illustration of the Yale Lock factory in Stamford, depicting 1873; reproduced in a 1908 genealogy.
Public domain in the United States: copyright expired (Commons PD-US-expired license). Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Historical illustration. Do not label or count as a photograph. Media type corrected: printed factory illustration, not a photograph.
CT068-P02 · Illustrations · Depicts 1903; published 1908
Factory of Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford, Connecticut, 1903
Historical bird’s-eye illustration of the Yale & Towne factory in Stamford, depicting 1903; reproduced in a 1908 genealogy.
Public domain in the United States: copyright expired (Commons PD-US-expired license). Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image. Historical illustration. Do not label or count as a photograph. Media type corrected: printed factory illustration, not a photograph.
ED-P37043011 · Photographs · Published 1897; exposure date not independently established
Yale & Towne Manufactoring Co, The Tool Room, 1897.jpg
Workers at benches in Yale & Towne's tool room. Tool Room of Yale & Towne Manufactoring Co, 1897
Image resized for the reading room. Source content retained. A real interior photograph reproduced in print, unlike the company's factory bird's-eye drawings. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Public domain
Credit: Henry Roland (Horace Lucian Arnold) / "Six examples of successful shop management." Engineering Magazine 12. 1897. Cite SGC SGC-CT068-068, ED-P37043011, source title, page and URL; accessed 2026-09-12.
ED-P36922980 · Illustrations · 1897
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co, 1897.jpg
Bird's-eye factory illustration of Yale & Towne, published 1897. Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co, 1897
Image resized for the reading room. Source content retained. Visually distinct layout/view from existing 1873 and 1903 illustrations. Do not count as an additional photograph. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: Public domain
