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A friend invited me and my son to attend a monthly blacksmith meeting with him. We were treated to watching them create time period shutter latches for a cabin located at the intrance to the site in Fort Mitchell Alabama.
After two years I'm finally sharing these photos of my latest Dark Age creation, a medieval Blacksmith Watermill that specialize on making enchanted weapons. Using the nearby river, the mill mechanism turns the shafts and powers the blacksmith drop-hammer.
It has a vegetable garden and a courtyard as well as a kitchen and smokestack. I built-in Power Functions to light up both the fireplace and the oven, as well as move the water wheel and drop hammer. I have a full video on this MOC on my YouTube channel here - youtu.be/81YqJs8wtBg
I hope you enjoy my creation, and check out the video!
Hard at work at the Rural Life Centre, Tilford, Farnham. Fantastic blacksmith workshop in action.
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Blacksmithing at the John C. Campbell Folk School
Starting with Fire with Kenneth Thomas | www.folkschool.org
Old blacksmith shop in Rush, a ghost town along the Buffalo National River in northern Arkansas.
The park service sign said this about the shop:
"Standing here, let yourself imagine the roar of a blacksmith's forge, the hiss of a bellows, and the clang of metal striking metal. The blacksmith shop was an essential cog in the Morning Star's operation. he kept the company's ore wagons ready and stock teams shoed. He repaired mine equipment, forging new parts as needed. If something broke he fixed it or remade it. Nails, nuts, bolts, and mining tools were readily stocked and available at the blacksmith shop.
In 1925 Lee Medley, the company's blacksmith, built this blacksmith shop for the reopening of the Morning Star Mine. the building had two rooms: one for forging and one for storing parts. A large, lean-to warehouse, now gone, was attached to the right side of the shop. There, wagon parts, pipe joints, and fittings were stored, along with the company general manager's prized Jordan car."
The Park Service had this to say about the town:
"The Ghost Town of Rush stands as mute testimony to the activities of a bygone era. Zinc carbonate ore was discovered in this valley in the late 1800's and the "rush" was on. Soon the hillsides were dotted with mines with colorful names such as Morning Star, White Eagle, Monte Cristo, Red Cloud, Buelah, MacIntosh, Edith and Yellow Rose. The population of the valley rose and fell with the demands of the zinc market. The peak came during the period 1914-1917 when more than 5,000 people were said to have lived and worked here. At the end of World War I the bottom feel out of the zinc market and mines were abandoned. These buildings date from the early 1900's and were inhabited until the 1960's, serving as homes and a general store and post office."
by a 10 yr-old girl at the CBA Spring Conference in Vista, CA www.calsmith.org/springconference.html
see it in the gallery here www.agsem.com/cba-20080426-26-1024.jpg
Bright sun coming in from behind the blue tarp put craftsman in a silhoutte, yet his fire was still visible.
Date: Unknown
Description: Black and white photograph of two men working at an outdoor blacksmith shop. The photo shows man tools, including a portable stove. It is likely that this photograph is associated with a mining operation or the construction of the Trans-Canada Railway.
Accession No.: 984.70.11
with a glowing strip of steel he's forming to make a tool. At the McDonalds Corners annual fall fair, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
Kowal, the Blacksmith, another one of the Dwarfs of Wroclaw, the symbol of the city...
Santorini: Was this island the origin of the dwarfs, as we know them?
A Blacksmith in Dogon Country burns a carved wooden statue black with a hot poker. If any of the other Dogons attempt to perform these activities themselves, a shameful curse would fall upon them.
Today, I am adding five photos from my archives. If I wrote a description under a previously posted photo taken on the same day, I will add it under today's uploads.
"Had a great day on 14 September 2013, with my youngest daughter's photography group! We spent a few hours at Heritage Park, Calgary, wandering through the streets lined with old stores and houses, farm equipment, animals, barns, and so on. Our favourites have always been the Bakery and the Candy Store : )
Around noon, we went to the old Wainwright Hotel and enjoyed chatting over lunch - a nice treat. Weather was great and so was the company. Today (next day), it's a special events day at the Park, but we knew that it would be so packed, difficult to park."
Blacksmithing at the John C. Campbell Folk School
Starting with Fire with Kenneth Thomas | www.folkschool.org
The Blacksmiths Arms in Broughton Mills dates back to 1577 and was originally a farmhouse called Broadstones. In 1748 archive records list the property as being an Inn, working farm of 34 acres and blacksmiths. Before this it would have been a "beer house" with the farmer serving ale in the kitchen for travellers and local workers.
The internal structure of the Blacksmiths arms remains unchanged with oak panelled corridor, original farmhouse range, badly stuffed fox, large slate floors from local quarries, and oak beamed ceilings. It is the only pub in the Lake District listed in the National Inventory of historic pubs.