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Disston and Keystone Saw Works

I lived outside of philadelphia or Philly as most call it for a chunk of my life and I always liked the city and have a soft spot of the businesses there.

So when I got interested into saws and realized the biggest name in saws. . . . Disston was made there I went looking online any references but never got around to visiting what's left. As it turns out some of the builds still stand and it was quite close. This past weekend with nicer weather and already being in the area I stopped to take a few pictures.

If you've ever see Disston in it's hay day it's was a really large complete. Present day less then a 1/4 of the building still stand but the area is largely undeveloped. Whats left is used for impound lots and vand/Truck feet storage and gated off with dogs so it's hard to get any good pictures, the dogs don't sound friendly ;-) so keep that in mind as you look at the pictures. It was best to keep moving!

You can see that some of the building have the Keystone with D in the middle.
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I read about about these on-line and it's what first peaked my interest. From the water you can see them and I always wondered what they
Water Automotive tire Sky Tire Wood


these are used Grinding stones that were later repurposed for bulkhead on the Delaware River.
Bedrock Formation Artifact Font Landscape


Very Cool, I have no idea how heavy they are but wouldn't they be cool in your shop!
Water Automotive tire Wood Bedrock Landscape


When you get closer you can see kids carved names in them but I couldn't find any Disston marks as to what they were for.
Leaf Branch Twig Wood Trunk
 

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Disston and Keystone Saw Works

I lived outside of philadelphia or Philly as most call it for a chunk of my life and I always liked the city and have a soft spot of the businesses there.

So when I got interested into saws and realized the biggest name in saws. . . . Disston was made there I went looking online any references but never got around to visiting what's left. As it turns out some of the builds still stand and it was quite close. This past weekend with nicer weather and already being in the area I stopped to take a few pictures.

If you've ever see Disston in it's hay day it's was a really large complete. Present day less then a 1/4 of the building still stand but the area is largely undeveloped. Whats left is used for impound lots and vand/Truck feet storage and gated off with dogs so it's hard to get any good pictures, the dogs don't sound friendly ;-) so keep that in mind as you look at the pictures. It was best to keep moving!

You can see that some of the building have the Keystone with D in the middle.
Colorfulness Rectangle Wood Orange Brick


Possible metal furnace & foundry
Sky Building Street light Tower Composite material


Offices?
Plant Window Building Sky Fixture


Sky Window Cloud Electricity Building


Sky Plant Cloud Building Grass


I read about about these on-line and it's what first peaked my interest. From the water you can see them and I always wondered what they
Water Automotive tire Sky Tire Wood


these are used Grinding stones that were later repurposed for bulkhead on the Delaware River.
Bedrock Formation Artifact Font Landscape


Very Cool, I have no idea how heavy they are but wouldn't they be cool in your shop!
Water Automotive tire Wood Bedrock Landscape


When you get closer you can see kids carved names in them but I couldn't find any Disston marks as to what they were for.
Leaf Branch Twig Wood Trunk
It's cool and oh-so-sad at the same time… Cool to know it's still there in any way, but sad to see that capability lost; a company that was a world competitor reduced to a few weed-infested buildings behind wire-topped fencing. Oh well, progress.
 

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Disston and Keystone Saw Works

I lived outside of philadelphia or Philly as most call it for a chunk of my life and I always liked the city and have a soft spot of the businesses there.

So when I got interested into saws and realized the biggest name in saws. . . . Disston was made there I went looking online any references but never got around to visiting what's left. As it turns out some of the builds still stand and it was quite close. This past weekend with nicer weather and already being in the area I stopped to take a few pictures.

If you've ever see Disston in it's hay day it's was a really large complete. Present day less then a 1/4 of the building still stand but the area is largely undeveloped. Whats left is used for impound lots and vand/Truck feet storage and gated off with dogs so it's hard to get any good pictures, the dogs don't sound friendly ;-) so keep that in mind as you look at the pictures. It was best to keep moving!

You can see that some of the building have the Keystone with D in the middle.
Colorfulness Rectangle Wood Orange Brick


Possible metal furnace & foundry
Sky Building Street light Tower Composite material


Offices?
Plant Window Building Sky Fixture


Sky Window Cloud Electricity Building


Sky Plant Cloud Building Grass


I read about about these on-line and it's what first peaked my interest. From the water you can see them and I always wondered what they
Water Automotive tire Sky Tire Wood


these are used Grinding stones that were later repurposed for bulkhead on the Delaware River.
Bedrock Formation Artifact Font Landscape


Very Cool, I have no idea how heavy they are but wouldn't they be cool in your shop!
Water Automotive tire Wood Bedrock Landscape


When you get closer you can see kids carved names in them but I couldn't find any Disston marks as to what they were for.
Leaf Branch Twig Wood Trunk
interesting Joe. Those old grind stones are worth some money now. At least in this area, I see a lot being sold at antiques shops.
 

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Disston and Keystone Saw Works

I lived outside of philadelphia or Philly as most call it for a chunk of my life and I always liked the city and have a soft spot of the businesses there.

So when I got interested into saws and realized the biggest name in saws. . . . Disston was made there I went looking online any references but never got around to visiting what's left. As it turns out some of the builds still stand and it was quite close. This past weekend with nicer weather and already being in the area I stopped to take a few pictures.

If you've ever see Disston in it's hay day it's was a really large complete. Present day less then a 1/4 of the building still stand but the area is largely undeveloped. Whats left is used for impound lots and vand/Truck feet storage and gated off with dogs so it's hard to get any good pictures, the dogs don't sound friendly ;-) so keep that in mind as you look at the pictures. It was best to keep moving!

You can see that some of the building have the Keystone with D in the middle.
Colorfulness Rectangle Wood Orange Brick


Possible metal furnace & foundry
Sky Building Street light Tower Composite material


Offices?
Plant Window Building Sky Fixture


Sky Window Cloud Electricity Building


Sky Plant Cloud Building Grass


I read about about these on-line and it's what first peaked my interest. From the water you can see them and I always wondered what they
Water Automotive tire Sky Tire Wood


these are used Grinding stones that were later repurposed for bulkhead on the Delaware River.
Bedrock Formation Artifact Font Landscape


Very Cool, I have no idea how heavy they are but wouldn't they be cool in your shop!
Water Automotive tire Wood Bedrock Landscape


When you get closer you can see kids carved names in them but I couldn't find any Disston marks as to what they were for.
Leaf Branch Twig Wood Trunk
Mail me one of those grind stones, will ya…
 

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Disston and Keystone Saw Works

I lived outside of philadelphia or Philly as most call it for a chunk of my life and I always liked the city and have a soft spot of the businesses there.

So when I got interested into saws and realized the biggest name in saws. . . . Disston was made there I went looking online any references but never got around to visiting what's left. As it turns out some of the builds still stand and it was quite close. This past weekend with nicer weather and already being in the area I stopped to take a few pictures.

If you've ever see Disston in it's hay day it's was a really large complete. Present day less then a 1/4 of the building still stand but the area is largely undeveloped. Whats left is used for impound lots and vand/Truck feet storage and gated off with dogs so it's hard to get any good pictures, the dogs don't sound friendly ;-) so keep that in mind as you look at the pictures. It was best to keep moving!

You can see that some of the building have the Keystone with D in the middle.
Colorfulness Rectangle Wood Orange Brick


Possible metal furnace & foundry
Sky Building Street light Tower Composite material


Offices?
Plant Window Building Sky Fixture


Sky Window Cloud Electricity Building


Sky Plant Cloud Building Grass


I read about about these on-line and it's what first peaked my interest. From the water you can see them and I always wondered what they
Water Automotive tire Sky Tire Wood


these are used Grinding stones that were later repurposed for bulkhead on the Delaware River.
Bedrock Formation Artifact Font Landscape


Very Cool, I have no idea how heavy they are but wouldn't they be cool in your shop!
Water Automotive tire Wood Bedrock Landscape


When you get closer you can see kids carved names in them but I couldn't find any Disston marks as to what they were for.
Leaf Branch Twig Wood Trunk
Nice photos, Joe! I appreciate readings posts like this one. Did you consider rolling one of those grindstones home with you?
 

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Disston and Keystone Saw Works

I lived outside of philadelphia or Philly as most call it for a chunk of my life and I always liked the city and have a soft spot of the businesses there.

So when I got interested into saws and realized the biggest name in saws. . . . Disston was made there I went looking online any references but never got around to visiting what's left. As it turns out some of the builds still stand and it was quite close. This past weekend with nicer weather and already being in the area I stopped to take a few pictures.

If you've ever see Disston in it's hay day it's was a really large complete. Present day less then a 1/4 of the building still stand but the area is largely undeveloped. Whats left is used for impound lots and vand/Truck feet storage and gated off with dogs so it's hard to get any good pictures, the dogs don't sound friendly ;-) so keep that in mind as you look at the pictures. It was best to keep moving!

You can see that some of the building have the Keystone with D in the middle.
Colorfulness Rectangle Wood Orange Brick


Possible metal furnace & foundry
Sky Building Street light Tower Composite material


Offices?
Plant Window Building Sky Fixture


Sky Window Cloud Electricity Building


Sky Plant Cloud Building Grass


I read about about these on-line and it's what first peaked my interest. From the water you can see them and I always wondered what they
Water Automotive tire Sky Tire Wood


these are used Grinding stones that were later repurposed for bulkhead on the Delaware River.
Bedrock Formation Artifact Font Landscape


Very Cool, I have no idea how heavy they are but wouldn't they be cool in your shop!
Water Automotive tire Wood Bedrock Landscape


When you get closer you can see kids carved names in them but I couldn't find any Disston marks as to what they were for.
Leaf Branch Twig Wood Trunk
Did I think about taking the stones, for sure but i don't really have the place to keep them plus you would need a bucket loader or something to get them onto to a truck.

More then the stones I'd love to get one of the Metal keystones. Last weekend at the Craft vintage tool auction a guy was saying they are knocking down the building but I've yet to see anything doing web searches and I get the Philly paper, I may be one of 3 people who still do!

Joe
 

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