HAND OPERATED FORGE
Hand operated forge. Supported on a four legged stand is a circular high sided dish to hold the coals, which are heated up with hand operated bellows that blow air through a pipe underneath the dish.There is a weighted lid centrally located underneath to dispose of excess ash. The bellows have a wooden handle with a spare metal one attached.
The forge was used on Runnymeade Orchard, Albany Highway, Bedfordale in the early to mid 1900s by members of the Cross family. The forge would have been used to repair and alter tools and other meeded items for use in the market garden and orchard.
In the 1980s Chris and Terry Stanton lived on the property and found this and other tools, which had been left behind when the property was subdivided and sold in the c1970s.
Details
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[RAPCO SYDNEY] Located on the bellows
The tools were originally used by the Cross family on the Runnymeade Orchard located on Albany Highway in Bedfordale. The orchard was started in 1895 by Benjamin Edward Vidgen Cross. In the early 1900s with the help of his new wife Maria (local girl Ann Maria Fancote) and his brothers Archibald, Harry and Gordon they built the property into a successful commercial market garden. Edward's brothers Harry and Archie would later purchase their own orchards in near by Roleystone.
City of Armadale - History House
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