#Steamforging Hammer 130 Years Old

Morgan Enginering Company of Alliance, OH manufactured our hammer #837, in January of 1892 for a manufacturing cost of $1549.53 and shipped it to the Jackson Street Shops of the Great Northern Railroad in St. Paul, MN Feb, 6 1892. Estimated price Great Northern Paid was $2,000. There are 30,560 lbs of iron there that's just over a nickel a pound for time and material.
It was aquired by WMSTR in 1971 from Burlington Northern. Installation of the hammer in its present site was began in 1975 and it was put into operation at the 1976 show. The hammer itself (the part that moves up and down and does the work) weighs 1500 lbs., and is operated by steam from the Montana Boiler.
The foundation for the hammer is 10'4" deep. -Steamhammer Crew