[TheForge] Searching for an anvil and a kiln

[Rich Maynard]

I'm currently sitting in a turn of the century (that's 19th to 20th)
terraced house in East London. The road before WWII would have be lined with
forged iron fences. All gone now - for the war effort. If I search carefully
under the pebbledash and breeze block replacements I can find evidence of
where the original railings were leaded into the walls.

It's not an unusual street - there are literally thousands like this all
over the city. I sometimes wonder what London would look like with it's
ironwork intact...

Rich M.

Richard Maynard - Artist Blacksmith
The Forge, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire SG10 6BS
 
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David E. Smucker
Sent: 03 June 2008 00:06
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Like Chuck I remember seeing a photo -- it was on the web somewhere in my 
case -- of a series of railroad hopper cars filled with anvils.  It was one 
of those "sad but true photos".  Lots and lots of metal was recovered for 
the war effort during WWII.  At Tannehill, remains of the civil war blast 
furnace equipment that had sat in the woods untouched  for almost 80 years 
was haul out to be melted down.  (Parts of a large steam powered blowing 
engine.)

Dave

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From: "Chuck Robinson" <robi5515 at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 2:39 PM
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> I remember seeing a picture from a WWII Life Magazine showing  a large
> crane loading a bunch of anvils with an electro magnet in a scrap yard.
> Chuck
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