hammer mill

method, process, technology

A workshop for working metals by means of drop hammers.

Hammer mills originally operated using water power; as of the 19th century they used steam power.

Traveljournal 1794

Dedication, 26 November 1844

Traveljournal 1814

Birmingham’s “Altar to Vulcan”, 27 August 1814

Traveljournal 1825

Factory visits in Sheffield, 30 June 1825

Traveljournal 1845

Low Moor Ironworks, 28 July 1845
Turton, Huntsman and Chinese tea, 1 August 1845

Traveljournal 1846

The Butterley Works and a highway robbery at Alfredton, 26 October 1846
Fischer shows Huntsman a picture of his works, 27 October 1846
Liverpool’s maritime ironworks, 29 October 1846

Traveljournal 1851

Further business visits in Sheffield, 8 July 1851

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: hammer mill. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-9166, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — A hammer works for anchors, until the early 19th century among the largest smithed objects (plate from Encyclopédie, 1765)