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I'm grateful to Robert Stephenson at Stephenson Engineering
I spent a morning at one of the last large scale hot forging industrial blacksmiths in Britain. Originally set up to manufacture mining equipment the company now, amongst other operations, recreates original parts for restored steam locomotives.