Re: Don't Miss This Very Interesting 1904 Forge Welding Film from The Library of Cong
That is awesome ! Thanks for sharing.
My maternal grandfather, Herbert Shifflett, worked as a Blacksmith for the B&O RR, at the Mt. Clare works, in downtown Baltimore from 1926 to 1969 (when they closed the facility).
He worked between two big forges, making leaf-springs for locomotives.
The Mt. Clare shops were torn-down as part of Baltimore's re-development efforts in the 1970's, so I never got to see them... this gives me some idea of the environment my Grandad worked in for 43 years.
Special Coupe Frank
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