[TheForge] interesting url

Thu Jan 8 18:00:10 2004

Bridge anvils were common in railroad shops and other industrial shops.
Allowed working on large forked items by putting part of the "fork" under
the anvil surface.  Think of a very large clevis.

Dave Smucker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "terry l. ridder" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:36 PM
Subject: [TheForge] interesting url

> hello;
>
> i stumbled upon this url today.
>
> the american blacksmith
> http://www.blackiron.us/
>
> while looking at the anvils page i noticed under
> speciality anvils a a liedecker bridge anvil.
>
> http://www.blackiron.us/anvil-types.html
>
> liedecker bridge anvil
> http://www.blackiron.us/graphics/bridge-300.gif
>
> i do not understand what advantage a 'bridge anvil'
> would have.
>
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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