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Steam and hot iron: - when I nod my head, hit it!
by Chris Allen
for square SJ6903
The Blists Hill Ironworks is in full swing with a work piece having just been... (more)
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Hot Iron - driving the steam hammer
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SJ6903
Driving the steam hammer is a skilled job. Sufficient steam must be admitted for... (more)
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Hot Iron - under the hammer
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SJ6903
Sparks fly as a hot billet is forged under the steam hammer. In the complete... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - wrestling with hot metal
by Chris Allen
for square SJ6903
As two operatives enjoy a natter, a third is using the long handled tongs to... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - hammering away
by Chris Allen
for square SJ6903
This could as easily be 1912 as 2012 as the Ironworks' large steam hammer... (more)
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Cochrane Steam Hammer, Chatham Dockyard
by David Dixon
geograph for square TQ7569
Anchors were made by the process of forging. Metal bars were heated in a... (more)
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Hot Iron - Inside the ironworks
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SJ6903
A general view showing the large rolling mill, the steam hammer and to the right... (more)
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Kelham Island Museum - steam hammer
by Chris Allen
for square SK3588
Gives a whole new meaning to 'getting hammered'. A steam hammer... (more)
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A steam hammer
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO2409
A steam hammer beside the car park at Blaenavon. This particular steam hammer... (more)
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Morton's Ironworks
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SJ6903
The reconstituted rolling mill at Blists Hill Victorian Town. An early arrival... (more)
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Kew Bridge Pumping Station - steam hammer
by Chris Allen
for square TQ1878
This particular part of the site of the London Museum of Water and Steam is... (more)
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Black Country Living Museum - Red By Night
by Chris Allen
for square SO9491
This picture could easily have been taken a century ago rather than in 2023. It... (more)
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Black Country Living Museum - anchor forge
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO9491
Considerable money and effort has been spent on converting this to a workable... (more)
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Steam hammer, Coronation Park, Port Glasgow
by Chris Allen
geograph for square NS3274
A Rigby's patent steam hammer built by Glen & Ross in 1885 as No. 872.
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Park Bridge - steam hammer
by Chris Allen
for square SD9402
Tucked away in a field near the River Medlock is the preserved Rigby's... (more)
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MSI, Doncaster - steam hammer
by Chris Allen
for square SE5801
A steam hammer built in 1918 by Davy Bros Ltd, Sheffield and preserved in the... (more)
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Steam hammer outside former railway goods shed
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square ST2998
The goods shed became the home of the Griffithstown railway museum, but is now a... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - ironworks
by Chris Allen
for square SJ6903
This ironworks has been reconstructed using equipment salvaged from Atlas Works... (more)
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Black Country Living Museum - steam hammer
by Chris Allen
for square SO9491
A Charles Ross of Sheffield double framed steam hammer with adjoining wooden... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - steam hammer in use
by Chris Allen
for square SK2625
Doing some real blacksmith work during a steaming weekend. A Massey 5 cwt hammer... (more)
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Big Pit National Coal Museum - steam or compressed air hammer
by Chris Allen
for square SO2308
In the forge of this former colliery that is now a museum. This type of hammer... (more)
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Black Country Living Museum - Anchor Forge in steam
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO9491
The hammer crew at work. The red hot workpiece is on the floor to the right and... (more)
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Knowlbank, steam hammer
by Mike Faherty
geograph for square SJ7308
On display in the car park at M54 Telford Services, a 1917 Nasmyth steam hammer.
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When I nod my head - 'it it
by Chris Allen
for square SK2625
Claymills Victorian Pumping Station's steam hammer is put to use by a... (more)
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Statfold Barn Railway - steam hammer
by Chris Allen
for square SK2406
Preserved as a static exhibit is this patched up overhung hammer. It was built... (more)
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Museums Collection Centre - steam hammer
by Chris Allen
for square SP0887
A relatively small overhung hammer lying down outside the large museum store in Nechells.
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Big Pit National Coal Museum - steam/compressed air hammer
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO2308
The position and direction are best guesses. This is seen in the open air... (more)
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Brunel Museum - steam hammer
by Chris Allen
for square TQ3579
The museum is in the pump house that drained the workings of Marc Brunel's... (more)
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Black Country Living Museum - a warm spot on a cold night
by Chris Allen
for square SO9491
An after dark special event down at the anchor forge. Behind the two... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - forge
by Chris Allen
for square SK2625
This shows the forge with its 5 cwt B & S Massey steam hammer. Careful... (more)
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Blacksmith's Forge at Claymills Pumping Station
by David Dixon
for square SK2625
The blacksmiths forge had been completely stripped after the pumping station... (more)
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Floodlit steam hammer, MSI forge, Doncaster
by Chris Allen
for square SE5801
We were there earlier in the day and one of the party spotted the floodlight, so... (more)
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MSI, Doncaster
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SE5801
A large works for forging a variety of components for defence and other... (more)
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Steam Hammer, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent
by Christine Matthews
geograph for square TQ7569
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30cwt Steam Hammer - Chatham Dockyard
by Paul Gillett
for square TQ7669
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When I nod my head - hit it!
by Chris Allen
for square SO9491
The Black Country Living Museum's 'Red By Night' event with a... (more)
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Black Country Living Museum - Red By Night
by Chris Allen
for square SO9491
This was a special after dark event to show activities in this open air museum.... (more)
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Big Pit National Coal Museum - forge
by Chris Allen
for square SO2308
An important facility in any colliery as items could be repaired of fashioned... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - forge
by Chris Allen
for square SJ6903
This is part of the reconstructed wrought iron forge using machinery from Thomas... (more)
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Beamish Museum entrance arch
by Graham Hogg
geograph for square NZ2253
The arch is formed by 'Tiny Tim', a large steam hammer built in 1883... (more)
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Underfall Yard - steam hammer
by Chris Allen
for square ST5772
This is in the forge section of this Victorian era engineering workshops used to... (more)
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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
by Chris Allen
for square SJ4077
The forge has been preserved and incorporates this relatively small steam hammer... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - fireworks!
by Chris Allen
for square SJ6903
This was on the occasion of the annual fireworks display and some 3000 people... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - lubricating the rod
by Chris Allen
for square SJ6903
One of the operating staff at the Ironworks is lubricating the piston rod of the... (more)
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AMT Trader at Port Glasgow
by Thomas Nugent
geograph for square NS3274
The 25,000 ton barge is being modified at Newark Quay within Ferguson's... (more)
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AMT Trader at Port Glasgow
by Thomas Nugent
geograph for square NS3274
The 25,000 ton barge is being modified at Newark Quay within Ferguson's... (more)
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Blists Hill Victorian Town - forge
by Chris Allen
for square SJ6903
This is a reconstructed wrought iron works using machinery from Thomas Walmsley... (more)
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Black Country Hammer
by Gordon Griffiths
for square SO9491
The view in the Black Country Living Museum at Dudley.
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Black Country Living Museum - Red By Night
by Chris Allen
for square SO9491
This shows the anchor forge between periods of operation. The boiler is venting... (more)
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