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Mellemvaerftet Old Shipbuilding Museum Videos
Blacksmithing | Nordmøre museum | Mellemværftet | Kristiansund | Norway
Introduction to Blacksmithing for beginners. Blacksmith Douglas Wilmot from Nordmøre museum. Video and editing Virginia Bertani from Nordmøre museum.
Mellemværftet is a shipyard virtually unaltered from the last days of working sail in Norway. Commercial operations began in 1856 when master shipwright Nils Peder Holm founded what he called “Mellemværftet”, the “Middle Shipyard”, since it lay between two older shipyards. Ship repair and maintenance has been going on here longer than that however, since the area where the yard lies has been used for beaching and repairing coastal craft at least since the 18th century.