Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. Blacksmiths were critical to town life in the 19th century, so much so ...
COLUMBIA — On a Saturday in April, David Bush was working over a portable coal-fired forge outside the Olympia Mill Village Museum. The coals burned hot. Orange, yellow and blue flames licked towards ...
"I remember standing in my cowshed and saying to my wife 'one day I'm going to work for the Queen' and we were surrounded by cow dung and stalls." Blacksmith Paul Dennis has come a long way from that ...
Archaeologists in Oxfordshire found the ruins of a 2,500-year-old site for “high-end” iron working and many related artifacts, photos show. Photo from DigVentures Thousands of years ago, a highly ...
Stepping into Andrew’s Welding and Blacksmith Shop on Agriculture Street in the 7th Ward is like stepping into a bygone era, when the work of shaping raw iron into tools, gates and hinges required ...
FLORENCE — Russell Wilson was gripping a hammer. A repetitive, metallic clang rang through the air each time he struck his target. His target, a hunk of blazing hot metal, molded to each strike. Jo ...
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