Civil War ax head

[alabama11]

Hello all,
Thank you for viewing this thread. This relect was found in the 1960's by my father, brother and me at a union fort which now has a monster house built on top of it. A sad day for preservation. This was the only of five ax heads that had a makers mark. All others were severely rusted.
The mark says "SIMMONS & Co OHOES - N.Y. CAST STEEL WARRENTED"
Dimensions are: Length 7 3/4 inches, Head width 3 1/4 inches, blade width 4 3/4 inches, head thickness 1 1/8 inches.
I was not able to find anything about the manufacturer online, but possibly someone may already know about the company and will share the information.

 

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[Calabash Digger]

yeah Ive got the same problem houses popping up everywhere and covering the sites.

 

[Davers]

AL11.

Ax heads of that shape & type are always a Pain for me to put a Time Period on.

From my experience many CW era AX 's Were marked & Many from the NE US.

I've seen many Ax Heads on many diff, sites (one popular site w/ many pictured, styles mostly (not Markings) if I recall right.) Ill look into the name when I can .

I usually keep most ax heads I find ; if whole or only cracked on one side. FWIW