Finch Foundry - The last working water-powered forge in England
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Discovering Finch Foundry
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On our adventure to the Finch Foundry National Trust site, we explored the foundry and tried to capture what we could with our cameras. Here's the best bits of what we saw.
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Finch Foundry, Sticklepath, Oakhampton
St Clements day at Finch Foundry
Finch Foundry A Victorian Water Powered Forge In The Village Of Sticklepath Devon
Finch Foundry is a 19th-century Victorian water-powered forge situated in the village of Sticklepath near Okehampton, Devon. It is the last working water powered forge in England. Originally used to produce agricultural and mining hand tools and at its peak produced around 400 edge tools a day. It remained an active foundry until 1960 when the roof collapsed and has been a National Trust property since 1994. It contains examples of a tilt hammer, drop hammer, and shear hammer all powered by the water wheels. The Trust maintains it in working order and demonstrations of the tools are given every hour.
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Our visit to the Finch Foundry, Devon...
A wonderful example of why not to visit National Trust sites....
ALL the water wheel stuff was not working....A guy advised us to see the youtube video ;-)
They had two FAKE blacksmiths, making bottle openers ...lol
I guess they'd struggle to make one per day ;-)
Apart from the location, it was a total joke ....
Save your £5-60 ;-) go to McD's
Working the Smithy at Finches Foundry, Sticklepath
The National Trust volunteer explains and shows the use of the waterpowered smithy hammer and shears.
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A short demonstration of the 1750's water powered mill at Sticklepath, Devon.
Vlog at the NATIONAL TRUST ( FINCH FOUNDRY TOUR)
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Short test of Panasonic hc-vx1 camcorder at finch foundry national trust. convcerted to hd for youtube.
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The Finch Foundry, a 19th century water-powered forge and the last of its kind in England. LuxuriousNomad.com
The Forge Water Wheel at Finches Foundry, Sticklepath.
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Finch Foundry & The Power of Water
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Today me & George experienced the power of water, one of the 4 elements, [Insert Avatar Reference Here]
The Finch Foundry was an awesome place to visit, & I highly recommend it, after visiting the Foundry we took a walk following the river upstream to it's humble beginnings, the walk itself was great & again, highly recommended.
Overall it was a great day out & well worth the trip down to Devon to experience the feel of Yesteryear.
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Finch Foundry Photoshoot
A video shot highlighting the new jewelry line that Finch Foundry just brought out. If you are interested in anything you see check out the link below!
Finch Foundry, Devon
19th Century water powered forge.
Finch Foundry
Finch Foundry is a 19th-century water-powered forge situated in the village of Sticklepath near Okehampton, Devon, England. It was originally used to produce agricultural and mining hand tools and at its peak produced around 400 edge tools a day. It remained an active foundry until 1960 when the roof collapsed and has been a National Trust property since 1994. It contains examples of a tilt hammer, drop hammer, and shear hammer all powered by the water wheels. The Trust maintains it in working order and demonstrations of the tools are given every hour.
[Wikipedia] Finch Foundry
Finch Foundry is a 19th-century water-powered forge situated in the village of Sticklepath near Okehampton, Devon, England. It was originally used to produce agricultural and mining hand tools and at its peak produced around 400 edge tools a day. It remained an active foundry until 1960 when the roof collapsed and has been a National Trust property since 1994. It contains examples of a tilt hammer, drop hammer, and shear hammer all powered by the water wheels. The Trust maintains it in working order and demonstrations of the tools are given every hour.
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Finch foundry...........alte Schmiede in Dartmoore
Sticklepath celebrates HM's 90th
Watermill Foundry - forging Devon billhook
In this clip from Edwardian Farm, Alex Langlands commissions a Devon billhook from an historic water-powered foundry (Finch Foundry, Sticklepath, Oakhampton) in Devon.
Billhooks in use:
Bloomery - Ancient Mobile Furnace
One overshot wheel drives a ventilation fan, while a second, more powerful overshot wheel drives a 3/4 ton trip hammer.
Links to other watermills within documentaries:
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Medieval mill at Guédelon 1: ;
Medieval mill at Guedelon 2: ;
Fulling mill: ;
Grinding wheat :
Time Team 18 10 Search for the Domesday Mill (Buck Mill, Somerset): Animations of waterwheels
undershot, breastshot, overshot
breastshot mill animation
overshot mill animation
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some picture of finch foundry 2009