Southern Pacific Sacramento Shops Blacksmith Shop Plans Added

Blacksmith shop, north end, looking south. Photo by Jet Lowe.

Originally built in 1869, the blacksmith shop was 60 by 150 feet in size. Within a year, the blacksmith shop was enlarged by adding a 167 by 90 foot addition. Housing everything surrounding the forging of wrought iron, by 1880, there were 50 forges, two furnaces, and a trip hammer and other metal-shaping machinery in operation in the blacksmith shop. Check out our page with a historical overview, six detailed photos and five delineated plans.

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