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Blacksmith's Shop, Inaclete Road, Stornoway
MV 000792
Description Blacksmith's Shop, Inaclete Road, Stornoway
Date 6/2/2018
Collection Historic Environment Scotland
Catalogue Number MV 000792
Category Digital Files (Non-image)
Scope and Content Interior. Blacksmith's shop, Inaclete Road, Stornoway, Lewis. Blacksmith at forge, heating and hammering white metal turf cutter head from its flat, unworked state. Forming of the turf cutter underway. The anvil and tongs are used to shape the white hot metal into shape. When completed this will be attached to a wooden shaft. The oxygen for the forge is provided by an electric motor acting as the bellows. The forge is lit by hand using wood and lit paper. Such blacksmiths shops or smithies or smiddys were once commonplace. They made and repaired agricultural tools, did farrier work (shoeing of horses) and repaired lorries. This is a rare example of a working blacksmith's shop. Sound Colour: colour Running Time: 2 minute 01 seconds (02:01 mins)
External Reference vimeo291110864
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1658459
File Format (MPEG) MPEG
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