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The Cambria Iron Company of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a major producer of iron and steel that operated independently from 1852 to 1916.The company adopted many innovations in the steelmaking process, including those of William Kelly and Henry Bessemer.
This is a list of blacksmith shops. This is intended to include any notable current ones operating as businesses, as well as historic ones that are operational or not. It includes numerous ones in open-air museums.
In 1909, Yellin opened his own metalsmith shop. [2] In 1915, the firm of Mellor, Meigs & Howe, for whom he designed and created many commissions, designed a new studio for Samuel Yellin Metalworkers at 5520 Arch Street in Philadelphia.
Black was soon recognized as the best blacksmith in the area which had a bad effect on his father-in-law's competing shop. Black and his wife had four sons and a daughter during this period: William Jefferson in 1829, Grandison Deroyston in 1830, Sarah Jane in 1832, John Colbert in 1834, and Sydinham James in 1835.
John F. Fritz (August 21, 1822 – February 13, 1913) was an American pioneer of iron and steel technology [1] [2] who has been referred to as the "Father of the U.S. Steel Industry". [2]
Figure: approx. 70 x 28 x 18 in. Greenlawn Cemetery Association [30] Justice and Progress: George Bunting: ca. 1882 Clinton County Courthouse: Granite, Paint, Stucco & Bronze: 6 figures. Kneeling figures: approx. 6 ft. 5 in. x 5 ft. x 5 ft.; Standing figures: approx. 10 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 ft. Clinton County Courthouse [31]
Single-horn anvil A blacksmith working iron with a hammer and anvil A blacksmith working with a sledgehammer, assistant (striker) and Lokomo anvil in Finland. An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked").
Other notable works include many portrait busts and bronze plaques of Indiana governors and notable citizens. There is a 21 x 41.5 foot mural depicting the Spirit of Indiana on the east wall of the Indiana House of Representatives and a figural representation of state of Indiana which was commissioned for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.