The first cut Galvanized Nails machines appeared during the late 1700’s and the first machine to cut and head Galvanized Nails in one operation was invented by Ezekiel Reed of Bridgewater, Mass. The present Galvanized Nails factory has about 60 Galvanized Nails machines and was completed in 1848.

When were Galvanised nails first used?

“In 1836, Sorel in France took out the first of numerous patents for a process of coating steel by dipping it in molten zinc after first cleaning it. He provided the process with its name ‘galvanizing’.”

When did metal nails start being used?

About 1880 in America and in Europe, the modern wire nail was developed. Machinery was invented to cut pieces of steel wire, sharpen a point at one end, and put a flat round head onto the other end. These nails were much cheaper to produce.