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Blacksmith shaping hot metal

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Creator
Emily Jack
Date created
October 27, 2007
Location
Fort Dobbs, North Carolina
License
This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use

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Photograph of a blacksmith swinging a hammer to shape a hot iron rod.

Size: 1024×1536

A blacksmith uses tongs to hold a hot iron rod with his right hand. With his left, he swings a hammer, shaping the metal. After being heated in the fire, the red-hot iron is soft enough to be easily bent and manipulated.

This photograph was taken at an eighteenth-century living history event at Fort Dobbs, North Carolina.