The company manufactured a combination vise and anvil circa 1919. Illinois Iron & Bolt Co. was an investor, and the new plant's first general manager was an eleven-year II&B employee. The company name refers to wagon skeins, a major product. Operating dates were 1904 to 1957.
Information Sources
- Remembering the Southern Skein and Foundry Company, by Harmon Jolley, The Chattanoogan.com, Nov. 23, 2010.
- Southern Hardware and Implement Journal, Vol. 81, May 1919, Pg. 124.
- Hendricks' Commercial Register of the United States, Part 1, 1925, Pg. 524.