Founded in 1874 as Joyce, Cridland & Co. to manufacture lifting jacks, by 1888 they also were making bench vises. In Nov., 1893, the business incorporated as the Joyce-Cridland Co. They were still making vises in 1899. The company name in 2019 is Joyce/Dayton Corp.
Information Sources
- Garage Journal thread on a Joyce Cridland vise that was sold to the Joyce/Dayton president for their museum, with photos.
- Archived article by Todd Werts (ToolArchives.com) Joyce Cridland & Co.
- The Railroad, Telegraph and Steamship Builders' Directory, Railway Directory Publishing Co., 1888, Advertising Register Pg. 27.
- Seeger and Guernsey's Cyclopædia of the Manufactures and Products of the United States, 1899, Pg. 653.