Old shop vice

[FLOLDFORD]

I bought this vice over 20 years ago at an estate sale. It is a very heavy built vice and I always wondered about the tag on it. I figure D.P.C. in the corner of the tag is for Defense Plant Corporation but does anyone know what C.W.P. in the other corner stands for?

 

[DoubleO7]

I was thinking Crane Weapons Plant.
But it appears maybe it was never called a weapons plant.

Maybe C______ Weapons Plant ?

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

Lots of old shop equipment was sent to companies from the war production board during WWII. They got to keep the machines after. A lot of the machines I used during my apprenticeship at a GM plant still had the tag on them. They could not be sold, had to be scrapped.

 

[john in la]

Could it be c w perelle president of american bosch arma corporation.

 

[350ute]

Can't make all the name out, but if it has Athol Mass. on it, probably a L.S. Starrett brand, they make good vises, wish I had one.

 

[DoubleO7]

It appears that the lower right corner of that tag was used as a location indicator.
i.e where it was originally used.

This site is a state by state list of
WWII Industrial Facilities: Authorized Federally Funded Facilities

http://www.heritageresearch.com/ourlibrary/databases/wwii/authorized/florida.htm

If you can guess what state it might have been originally shipped to, you might find a plae that might have been identified with C.W.P.

 

[CGID]

I'm pretty sure the Starrett vices were made by Yost. I've got a 3 1/2 Starrett. It's a great vice. Starrett dropped bench vices from their line, but Yost is still in business.

 

[Randy-IA]

C.W.P.- Chemical Weapons Plant?