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Blacksmith's Shop, Inaclete Road, Stornoway

MV 000793

Description Blacksmith's Shop, Inaclete Road, Stornoway

Date 6/2/2018

Collection Historic Environment Scotland

Catalogue Number MV 000793

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. Sound Colour: colour Running Time: 32 seconds (00:32 mins)

External Reference vimeo291130429

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1658460

File Format (MPEG) MPEG

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