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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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