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c/blacksmithsemery_miller20emery_miller209d agoTop Commenter

I visited the old steel mill museum in Bethlehem PA and the sheer size of their forging hammers blew my mind.

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shanegibson
Did they talk about the noise those things must have made?
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mark723
mark7238d ago
That's a great point. I wonder if the noise was part of the intended effect, to scare people. They never seem to mention that in documentaries.
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adam9
adam92d ago
mark723 is onto something. The sound must have been terrifying, like nothing people had ever heard before. Documentaries skip it because they focus on the look, not the full experience. Can you imagine living near one and hearing that roar every day? They used fear as a tool, and noise was a huge part of that.
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