3:15 am
NWBA Member
November 8, 2010
Went for a little working vacation down under and had a great time.
Dead reckoned to the Everleigh Locomotive Works. Civil war era bldgs that while mostly a 'tech park' of software drones still had a working blacksmith shop and locomotive restoration bldg.
Sweet stuff, the larger hammers and presses were mothballed. The keeper was a little steam powered Oliver. They must've had 200 sets of dies for the thing- evidence of how useful it was.
The patchy locomotive was rescued by a 16 year old kid from the scrap yard. The curator told me they are ready to put it to rails soon.
Oh yeah, that london pattern is close to 800 lbs! I was told they were made 'right here'. They had several that looked unused. 2" hardie holes, on opposing ends, double pritchels on some of them. Very nice
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2:52 pm
March 22, 2010
Some very cool bits, looks like a great place. What is pic #4? some kind of shear or press?
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
3:33 am
NWBA Member
November 8, 2010
3:59 am
December 8, 2010
2:52 pm
March 22, 2010
Must be a really big dog, because that anvil looks a lot smaller than the other one....:redcarded::giggle:
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
4:42 pm
NWBA Member
November 8, 2010
kevan;16398 wrote: Steve,
That anvil is a real beaut, but it looks remarkably similar to a Peter Wright. Herewith for comparison, a picture of my 500 pound PW, being guarded by the "custodian of the anvils"
That's what I first thought except that all these anvils had double hardies and some double pritchels. No makers marks, either. Wouldn't surprise me they were trying to copy the Brits. The English had their hands all over Australia and most early iron was imported from England. The steel from the 1912 bridge I was working on was rolled in Netherton, UK who are known for chain and anvils. They forged the 15 ton anchor for Titanic the same year.
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