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Shoutout to the old book that taught me how much coal a forge really eats

I was reading a blacksmithing manual from 1923 I got at a yard sale in Knoxville. It said a basic shop forge could burn through a ton of coal in a single month of steady work. That's like 40 of those 50-pound bags. I never thought about the sheer volume until I did the math. How did they even move that much material back then without trucks?
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hayes.lee
hayes.lee23d ago
A ton a month is crazy. Eric93 is right, that's a lot of wheelbarrow work, but they probably had a coal chute and a big bin right by the tracks.
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eric93
eric9323d ago
Man, that's a whole lot of wheelbarrow trips.
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