Northern Georgia, Oconaluftee Visitor Center and Mountain Farm Museum, Blacksmith Shop
A few years ago, my sister and brother-in-law moved into their retirement dream home which they built in Union County, GA just outside Blairsville. It is a small community with only 652 residents (as of the 2010 census) in town — Union County itself only has 21,566 residents or maybe two more now. Another necessity of rural farms was a blacksmith shop both to make new implements but also for repairs of broken items. The forge is in the back of the shop with large bellows to blow air over the wood or coal to increase the fire's temperature. The iron or steel being formed was hammered on the anvil in the foreground and held in the vice to the right for filing.
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Location: Northern Georgia, USA
Photo credit: © B. David Cathell / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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