My first Lister wrench

[Leviton]

I found a Lister wrench - made in England. Probably common to you across the pond, and some farm machinery folks in the US, but I had not heard of them and didn't see any of their tools on Garage Journal.

Lister was commonly associated with agricultural & industrial stationary engines and they have been around for quite a while. The initial company was founded in 1867 in Gloucestershire, England. Today, the descendant company is Lister Petter.

The wrench I found is a 5/8" - 9/16" double open end and is 5.8-inches long.

From what I can find online, it looks like it was part of a toolkit for the engines.

Some general links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_A_Lister_and_Company

https://tractors.fandom.com/wiki/Lister

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lister_Petter

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-lister-engine-spanner-wrench-1111012720

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[woody 73]

Very nice super write up !

 

[dutchgray]

We have had several Listers over the years (couple Petters as well) but have never had original tool kit tools with any of them.
You don't see many still in use nowadays but back in the 90's pretty much every decent sized building site would have featured several and the thud thud thud of a lister diesel running all day was the soundtrack of my childhood going to work with dad when not at school.
Dad had an old 70's era trip skip rear steer 15cwt dumper with a single cylinder lister where the pepper pot exhaust came out from under the seat box in a forwards direction, so it was not only extremely loud but you also breathed in the diesel fumes all day. It really wasn't better in the old days.