[TheForge] Re: Steam hammers

[Ries Niemi]

On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 11:43 AM, Mike Spencer wrote:
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> In the image at:
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> http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa2200/pa2288/photos/> 356644pv.jpg
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> there's a nice view of one of those anvils someone mentioned recently:
> With integral "legs" to form a bridge so that you can forge huge
> U-shaped objects.  Never saw one of those before.  Look how long and
> thin the heel is.
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That there is a "bridge anvil", sometimes called a "railroad bridge  
anvil"
If you find one of em lying around, I have just the spot for it.

ries