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Diagram of a forge trip hammer.
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 This diagram shows the way a water-wheel powered trip hammer works.

Credit: WITF, Inc., Courtney Howell

At a typical forge, a water wheel caused a tilting beam to rise and fall. As the beam fell, a hammer on the end of the beam pounded hot iron placed on the anvil.

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