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Title
Forging Hammer
Date
1981
Medium
steel
Accession number
G66_GB_S001
Acquisition method
donated by Glynwed Foundries Ltd and installed by MTD Cranes Ltd and Robeslee Concrete Company Ltd & Sons
Work type
Readymade
Owner
Strathkelvin District Council
Custodian
Scottish Canals
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
STRATHKELVIN DISTRICT COUNCIL / THE FORGING HAMMER WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND WORKED AT THE "STAR" FOUNDRY IN SOUTHBANK ROAD FROM 1930'S TO 1981. IT WAS GENEROUSLY DONATED TO THE TOWN BY GLYNWED FOUNDRIES LTD AND WAS INSTALLED HERE THROUGH THE KINDNESS OF M T D CRANES LTD, ROBESLEE CONCRETE COMPANY LTD AND HOWIE & SONS LTD. KIRKINTILLOCH NOVEMBER 1981
