Wrought-iron Smelting

Summary

Trip hammer run by a large water wheel in the Belmont Forge, Chateaugay Lake, New York. Used to hammer (shingle) the loup to blooms and the reheated blooms to billets.

Subject

• Dewey, Fred. P (Frederic Perkins) 1855-1921
• United States National Museum
• a United States National Museum Department of Metallurgy and Economic Geology

Notes

• Collected by curator of metallurgy and economic geology, Frederic P. Dewey, to illustrate metallurgical processes and mineral resources of the United States. Description from "Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 42: A Preliminary Descriptive Catalogue of the Systematic Collections in Economic Geology and Metallurgy in the United States National Museum," page xiv.
• USNM No. 54617.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 011, Image No. MAH-3814

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1880
• 1880s

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Known Copyright

Topic

• Mining
• Ironwork
• Mineral industries
• Metal-work
• Mines and mineral resources
• Iron foundries
• Metallurgy

Place

Chateaugay (Franklin County, N.Y.)

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-3814]

Physical description

5 x 8;

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