[TheForge] Trenton ID

Tue Apr 6 12:53:01 2004

Thanks, Dave.
Sounds like it was right in there in the early 20's.
This one's a beast. No handling holes but has the hourglass recess under the
body and just enough of the logo to make it out.
I'm in the process of cleaning up some torch nicks and am about ready to
strike an arc on it- gasp!. Having taken a grinder to the horn to prep it I
was surprised to see quite a bit of sparkle activity in the stream.  Isn't
wrought suppposed to not have sparkles, sprigs and bursts? Could be all the
rust, too.

I'm looking at the Stoody 1105 rod for the W-1 plate as Gunter suggests.
6010 or similar for the body.
Steve 

>>>>>>>
Steve

"As of April 16, 1920, the Columbus Forge and Iron Co. had produced 176,609
serial-number Trenton anvils, in twenty-two years"  page 336 Anvil in
America by Richard A. Postman.   So it looks like you know almost to the day
when this anvil was forged.  In fact I would guess that it was forged on
April 16th itself.  How Postman has this information and date I am not sure
but would guess he was looking at actual records of Columbus Forge and Iron
Co.  Note that Trenton anvils were made in Ohio and not NJ.  Postman says
that early Trenton anvils were made in Germany -- but that is before they
carried a serial number.

Dave Smucker

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howell Steve" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:05 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Trenton ID

> Anyone have their anvil book handy?
> Through the luck of good friends I have acquired a 450lb Trenton and am
> looking to date it.
> S/N 179604
>
> Thanx,
>
> Steve
>

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