See enclosed on Cavalry Forge-Cart, Model of 1874.
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Pat Holscher
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Thanks!Couvi wrote: Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:07 pm See enclosed on Cavalry Forge-Cart, Model of 1874.
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Attached are pictures of a Traveling Forge on display in the Chickamauga Battlefield visitor's center:
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I am amazed at how much room the bellows took. It would seem that a centrifugal blower would have worked just as well and would have taken a lot less room. But, I imagine that the technology of the times precluded that.