Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link

Description

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 hammered into its almost complete state before being returned to the forge. A chain hangs in the background. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1412. With ms. note. Originally held in Photo File: Chainmaking

Metadata

Identifier mfv3ftct
IRN 412351
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/P1411
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/mfv3ftct
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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