CSPAN3 Colonial Williamsburg Blacksmith Shop And Public Armoury December 26, 2015
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, hou...