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American Civil War-era traveling forge contained 1,200 pounds (540 kg) of tools, coal and supplies. These tools and supplies included a bellows attached to a fireplace, a 4-inch-wide (100 mm) vise, 100-pound (45 kg) anvil, a box containing 250 pounds (110 kg) of coal, 200
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The U.S. mid-19th century traveling forge was standardized for U.S. manufacturers in the drawings created by
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accordance with the standard practice of covering wagons at that time. This canvas cover evolved into the wooden cover of the U.S. version of the traveling forge.
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Traveling Forge by John Holland, A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Manufactures in Metal, Volume 1.
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