Evans Rule Company

The Evans Rule Company was once the world’s largest tape measure manufacturer, with facilities in North Charleston, South Carolina; Elizabeth, New Jersey and Montreal, Quebec.  Evans supplied most of the tape measures sold by Sears, Roebuck & Co.

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