Man Operating A Drop Hammer

Collection: This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs

Date: ca. 1895; 1890 Material: unknown material on plate glass; gelatin silver print Dimension: 10 x 8 inches (glass plate negative); 10 x 8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Identifier: aql:12055 jfw-000100 jfw-000100.tif

Description: A man operates a forging drop hammer in this interior view. The Whitestone forge was noted for turning out heavy marine forging, and its drop hammer was the largest of its kind in the country. The figure of another man is seen standing to the left, on the floor of the shop.

Title : Man Operating A Drop Hammer

Collection : aql:11775; vital:1

Creator : Jacob F. Wieners, Jr.

Date : ca. 1895; 1890

Summary/Description : A man operates a forging drop hammer in this interior view. The Whitestone forge was noted for turning out heavy marine forging, and its drop hammer was the largest of its kind in the country. The figure of another man is seen standing to the left, on the floor of the shop.

Subject : Whitestone Forge and Construction Company (Whitestone, N.Y.); Forging machinery; Forge shops

Relation : This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Whitestone Landing (now northern shore of Whitestone near 154th Place), Whitestone, NY Whitestone (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : glass plate negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : unknown material on plate glass; gelatin silver print; 10 x 8 inches (glass plate negative); 10 x 8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:12055 jfw-000100 jfw-000100.tif