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Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Large Chain
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Two chainmakers working on long chains at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). One holds the chain in tongs, whilst the other uses a hammer, or Tommy, to close a l...
Chainmakers' Forge
Langhorne, Richard
1973
General view of the forge at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). Hammer, or Tommy, an anvil and a finished link cooling off, are visible. Mounted on Photo File ca...
Chainmakers' Forge: Tommy
Langhorne, Richard
1973
General view of the forge at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands), showing chainmaker using the Tommy (forge hammer). The forge hammers were usually constructed by ...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is bending a new link prior to forging it closed with the Tommy (forge hammer) usin...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is hand hammering the new chain link in its final forging. Mounted on Photo File ca...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is hand hammering the new chain link in its final forging. Mounted on Photo File ca...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is using the Tommy (forge hammer) for the final forging of the chain link. Mounted ...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is using the Tommy (forge hammer) for the final forging of the chain link. Mounted ...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker hammering in the central bar of the chain link. Mounted on Photo File card. With ms...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Side view of a Tommy (forge hammer) and anvil at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). A red-hot bar of iron sits on the anvil ready for bending into a link. The fi...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is bending a red-hot iron bar with benders (tongs) around the hook at the end of th...
Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link
Langhorne, Richard
1973
Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is hand hammering the new chain link after its first bending with tongs. It will be...