Chainmakers' Forge

Description

View of chainmaker working a forge at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). Heaps of finished chains in the foreground. The works has only two closed walls, with the rest open. The roof is supported on girders, with the forges positioned around the walls. Each forge has a large unglazed window beside it to provide some cool air. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1396. With ms. note. Originally held in Photo File: Chainmaking

Metadata

Identifier bdfs32nq
IRN 412335
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/P1395
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/bdfs32nq
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Chain Making: Photocards
Creator(s) Langhorne, Richard
Date 1973
Size and Medium 1 mounted photographic print.

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