You are watching american all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Allen bone we are inside the Santa Fe Depot in San Bernardino. We represent the Railroad History and the local history of San Bernardino valley. Construction was complete in 1918. This replaced a wooden structure that was approximately a hundred yards east of here that burned in 1916. Why it was built a lot larger than it was needed was it was because they decided to house the Division Headquarters at this location at that time. So they made this an Industrial Area because of the railroad. There were a number of businesses that supported the railroad, and it had close to 2000 people employed here. The map here is the a yard. There were two places, a and b. This shows the depot and the switching tracks. The upper part of the map shows the office facilities, and the larger parts of the facilities west of topeka. They can rebuild any scene engine or diesel locomotive, repair cars, freight cars, passenger cars, anything they n
Pursuing issues that were important to her like education, literacy, and womens health. Laura batch, this laura bush, this sunday night. Examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady, and their influence on the presidency. From Martha Washington to michelle obama, sunday at 7 00 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to American History tv live from Colonial Williamsburg. On the eve of the American Revolution williamsburg, virginia was a bustling capital , home to a large enslaved population. American history tv returns to the williamsburg at the 1770s where we are live from the historic district. Burgesses, where George Washington once served, and the Governors Palace, home to king george. We will also be taking your questions as we talked to historians, curators, and interpreters that will all be aboard the cspan bust today. Joining us is Colonial Williamsburg president mitchell reiss. Thank you for being here this morning,
We talked to tim schwartz about the role of the blacksmith in the colonial era. We will also learn about James Anderson who owned a Blacksmith Shop and public armory 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 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 armory, we expand into even more work. I will touch on that in a moment. As part of historic trades, our mission is to retreat 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. I
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
Anderson Blacksmith Shop. Within colonial williamsburg, weve preserved a number of trades from the 18th century. We have probably 20 trades practiced in the historic area. And 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. And here at the armory, we expand into even more work. Ill touch on that in just a moment. As part of a historic trades, our mission really is to recreate the Work Environment and the activities that you would find in these sorts of workshops in colonial america. That involves hand work. There is no machine process here. And it also, for us, involves the study of early documentary evidence to teach us about the history of these trades and the technologies that were practiced. The documentary Research Also tells us about the operation of these businesses. Who worked there, what sort