You can find an original sledge hammer and bellows in there.
Stara Kuźnica over the Młynkowska River, in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, houses an original forge with a water-driven workshop which is one of a kind in Poland. For the first time, it had been mentioned as early as the 17th C., therefore, it has an age-old tradition.
Inside, you can see an immense forging hammer which can hit the huge anvil even 60 times a minute, wooden box-bellows, hand-scissors for metal plate cutting, a furnace from1860 and various blacksmith’s tools. Next to the wooden building of the forge there is a device accumulating water in order to propel the hammer. It includes water-gates and a wooden channel, which deliver the water to a water-wheel.
The system was built in the 80s of the 20th C. The waterlogged area was then adjusted in such a way that the water could run through the water-wheel. Today, it has been turned into a fish pond, which has mostly a recreational function. The forge was definitely closed in 1957. After a renovation it became a field department of the Museum of Technology in Warsaw. Its spatial arrangement has been preserved, all the historic tools and machinery are placed in a wooden shed with a shingle-covered roof, modelled on the original one. From time to time, the object is set in motion for tourist purposes.
The age-old technology amazes even today.
Stara Kuźnica over the Młynkowska River, in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, houses an original forge with a water-driven workshop which is one of a kind in Poland. For the first time, it had been mentioned as early as the 17th C., therefore, it has an age-old tradition.
Inside, you can see an immense forging hammer which can hit the huge anvil even 60 times a minute, wooden box-bellows, hand-scissors for metal plate cutting, a furnace from1860 and various blacksmith’s tools. Next to the wooden building of the forge there is a device accumulating water in order to propel the hammer. It includes water-gates and a wooden channel, which deliver the water to a water-wheel.
The sledge hammer, propelled by a water-wheel
The system was built in the 80s of the 20th C. The waterlogged area was then adjusted in such a way that the water could run through the water-wheel. Today, it has been turned into a fish pond, which has mostly a recreational function. The forge was definitely closed in 1957. After a renovation it became a field department of the Museum of Technology in Warsaw. Its spatial arrangement has been preserved, all the historic tools and machinery are placed in a wooden shed with a shingle-covered roof, modelled on the original one. From time to time, the object is set in motion for tourist purposes.
The age-old technology amazes even today.
