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    • Home
    • About us
    • Historical Sites
      • Blacksmith Shop
      • General Store
      • Leder Haus
      • Molson House
      • Pole Barn
      • Railway Station
      • School House
      • Stable
      • Woodworking Shop
      • Trapper Cabin
      • Wigwam
      • Wood Fired Oven
    • History
      • The Leder Family
      • The Gust Family
      • The Radtke Family
      • The Telegraph
      • Canadian Internment Camps
      • Petawawa Timeline
    • The Society
    • Contact Us
  • Home
  • About us
  • Historical Sites
    • Blacksmith Shop
    • General Store
    • Leder Haus
    • Molson House
    • Pole Barn
    • Railway Station
    • School House
    • Stable
    • Woodworking Shop
    • Trapper Cabin
    • Wigwam
    • Wood Fired Oven
  • History
    • The Leder Family
    • The Gust Family
    • The Radtke Family
    • The Telegraph
    • Canadian Internment Camps
    • Petawawa Timeline
  • The Society
  • Contact Us
The Blacksmith Shop

The Blacksmith Shop

 At the beginning of the twentieth century, farming was done with the power of horses, thus the blacksmith was considered one of the most essential tradesmen in any pioneer community. His job was to make tools for himself and the various tradesmen and laborers who were integral to the local economy. Thus the blacksmith shop was a popular destination: a warm place to wait for equipment repairs, have horses shod and hear the latest news. This simple reproduction is a timber frame structure housing a brick forge, anvil and a substantial collection of blacksmith tools. 

blacksmith working at forge
blacksmith shop interior
blacksmith with young apprentice
Blacksmith creations

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