[TheForge] Period power hammer?

[wmullett at bright.net]

Peter,

Check out this page.  This is from Diderot Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry.  Appropriate for a very early age but I doubt you will have the help needed to crank it.

Walt

http://www.thomasironworks.com/hammerproject/Hammer%20Page.htm
From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
Date: Wed Jan 2, 12:47 PM
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [TheForge] Period power hammer?

I have the opportunity to take over a historic shop, on one condition:  no electricity.  This is fine with me, as 90 percent of what I do anyway is  hand work  (can do my electric welding and grinding off site) but I have been hoping to get into some heavier stuff with a small power hammer.  Is there any period technology (other than water or steam) for say a 25 lb hammer?  Treadle and flywheel maybe?  Just starting to research this so any help is much appreciated. 
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