The role of the blacksmith in the colonial era. We will also learn about James Anderson who owned a Blacksmith Shop and public armoury in williamsburg during the 1770s. Mr. Schwartz i am the master blacksmith at the anderson Blacksmith Shop, part of Colonial Williamsburgs historic trade program. In Colonial Williamsburg, we have preserved a number of trades from the 18th century. We have probably 20 trades practiced in the historic area. I run the Blacksmith Shop. We work with iron and steel. Those are Raw Materials that are made into finished products such as construction hardware, tools, household accessories, agricultural implements. Parts for wagons and carriages. Here at the armoury, we expand into even more work. I will touch on that in a moment. As part of historic trades, our mission is to create recreate the Work Environment and the activities you would find in the sorts of workshops in colonial america. That involves hand work. There is no machine process here. It also involv
Blacksmith at the anderson Blacksmith Shop, part of Colonial Williamsburgs distort trade program. In Colonial Williamsburg we have preserved a number of trades from the 18th century. We have 20 trades practiced in the historic area. I run the Blacksmith Shop. We work with iron and steel. Those are all materials that are made into finished products such as construction of hardware, tools, household accessories, agricultural implements. Here at the armory we expand into even more work. I will touch on that in a moment. Trades ourhistoric mission is to retreat the Work Environment and the activities you would find in the sorts of workshops in colonial america. That involves and work hand work. It also involves the study of early documentary evidence to teach us about the history of these trades and the technologies that were practiced. The Research Also tells us about the operation of these businesses. Who worked there, what source of work they were doing, and how they were paid. We also
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