AFFORDABLE LOCKSMITHING

SOME LOCKSMITH HISTORY

by Frank McKinnon at Affordable Locksmithing

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Affordable Locksmithing is a mobile locksmith service provider with a goal of providing high quality locksmith services for the lowest prices to Roswell, New Mexico and the surrounding area, 24 hours per day 7 days per week with no extra charge for nights, weekends, or holidays.

SOME LOCKSMITH HISTORY

This page is an ongoing project for the purpose of gathering information related to the history of locksmithing.  Information here may also be found on Affordable Locksmithing's Google web page.

The beginning:  “…locksmithing started in Ancient Egypt and Babylon, approximately 4000 years ago. During that time, locksmith created wooden devices that used tin tumbler principle to prevent free movement of the door bar. The pins could be moved only with the use of large and cumbersome wooden key (created in the shape of modern toothbrush) that was inserted into lock and pushed upwards, which moved internal pins and unlocked doors. The oldest of those simple locks currently known was discovered in the ruins of the Assyrian Empire, in the city of Khorsabad near Nineveh. Scientists and historians agree that this wooden lock was created around 704 BC…” Article from History of Keys called History of Locksmithing. 

To be continued....

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