Hello,
The Historical Society of Wisconsin in Madison ,WI has a collection of 1800's
journals for the "blacksmith" tradesmen. Most are focused on the new rise of the
mechanic as a trade, but some deal with general blacksmithing. I believe the title
is "The Blacksmith's Journal" (it may be the Gazette though). I remember seeing
several dozen collected volumes which span a few decades.
I'll see if I can locate the exact information for you.
Richard Furrer
James H Brothers IV wrote:
> john hyett wrote:
>
> > For my honours thesis I am investigating a 20th C blacksmith's shop in
> > the small rural community of Strathbogie in Victoria, Australia. Built
> > in 1895 and worked until mid 1970's it remains as an almost intact
> > example of a rural blacksmith's shop.
> > I am unable to find any references to 20th C blacksmithing in the
> > literature other than a paper presented to the SHA in Cincinnati in
> > 1995 by M A Harmon but I have so far been unable to obtain a copy of
> > this. I have, of course, J D Light's various papers on the archaeology
> > of blacksmith's shops, but would be grateful if anybody could help with
> > references for more modern material.
> > Also of interest is the use of water cooling on the tuyere, a practice
> > that seems common through the area in farm forges but rates no mention
> > in any of the north american literature either archaeological or modern.
> > I have found one reference to this procedure in a 1950's English text so
> > presume it could be an British invention post American independance.
> >
> > John Hyett
> > Honours
> > School of Archaeology
> > La Trobe University
> > Bundoora, Victoria 3083
> > Australia
> > email [log in to unmask]
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