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Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum
The Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum is a museum located in Lacombe, Alberta that is owned and operated by the Lacombe and District Historical Society (daily operations are managed by the public-facing arm of the Lacombe and District Historical Society, the Lacombe Museum). The blacksmith shop has been in continual use since 1902. Of the many blacksmith shops that would have been operating in Lacombe throughout the 20th century, the Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum is the only blacksmith shop remaining in the City of Lacombe. The Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum may also be referred to as the Glass Street Shop, or Selvais Welding. History The Lacombe Blacksmith Shop Museum was opened in 1902 by blacksmith A. F. Weddle. The shop was ideally located mere metres from the downtown core and built facing Railway Street (Highway 2A). In the early 1900s, 49 Street (historically known as Glass Street) would have also been home to at least one other blacksmith shop, a livery stable, and a coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacombe Blacksmith Shop
Lacombe may refer to: Places * Lacombe, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe, Louisiana, United States * Lacombe, Aude, France People * Albert Lacombe (1827–1916), oblate missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot * Bernard Lacombe (born 1952), French football (soccer) player * Brigitte Lacombe (born 1950), French photographer * Claire Lacombe (1765–?), French actress and revolutionary * Emile Henry Lacombe (1846–1924), American judge * François Lacombe (born 1948), Canadian ice hockey player * Georges Lacombe (painter) (1868–1916), French sculptor and painter * Georges Lacombe (film director) (1902–1990) French film director and writer * Grégory Lacombe (born 1982), French football (soccer) player * Guy Lacombe (born 1955), French football (soccer) player * Jackson LaCombe (born 2001), American ice hockey player * Louis Lacombe (1818–1884), French pianist and composer * Mathieu Lacombe, Canadian politician * Michel Lacombe (born 1973), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trip Hammer
A trip hammer, also known as a tilt hammer or helve hammer, is a massive powered hammer. Traditional uses of trip hammers include pounding, decorticating and polishing of grain in agriculture. In mining, trip hammers were used for crushing metal ores into small pieces, although a stamp mill was more usual for this. In finery forges they were used for drawing out blooms made from wrought iron into more workable bar iron. They were also used for fabricating various articles of wrought iron, latten (an early form of brass), steel and other metals. One or more trip hammers were set up in a forge, also known variously as a hammer mill, hammer forge or hammer works. The hammers were usually raised by a cam and then released to fall under the force of gravity. Historically, trip hammers were often powered hydraulically by a water wheel. Trip hammers are known to have been used in Imperial China since the Western Han dynasty. They also existed in the contemporary Greco-Roman world, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michener House Museum And Archives
The Michener House Museum, located in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, is a museum that is owned and operated by the Lacombe and District Historical Society. The house is the birthplace of former Governor General of Canada, Governor General Roland Michener. The Michener House Museum is the oldest standing residence in the City of Lacombe History In 1894, the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church built the house as a manse, directly north of the church. The manse and the church were built by Lacombe's first Methodist minister, E.J. Chegwin, and the methodist congregation. The building is typical of the late 19th century/early 20th century wood frame houses that became typical across North America. In 1918, members of the church added an addition to the rear of the house, making it more spacious for its occupants. Ministers The following Methodist Ministers served during the years that the Michener House Museum was in use as a manse. * E.J. Chegwin: 1893-1899 * Edward Michener: 1899-1900 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacombe, Alberta
Lacombe ( ) is a city in central Alberta, Canada. It is located approximately north of Red Deer, the nearest major city, and south of Edmonton, the nearest metropolitan area. The city is set in the rolling parkland of central Alberta, between the Rocky Mountains foothills to the west and the flatter Alberta prairie to the east. Lacombe became Alberta's 17th city on September 5, 2010. History Lacombe is named after Albert Lacombe (28 February 1827 — 12 December 1916), a French-Canadian Roman Catholic Oblate missionary who lived among and evangelized the Cree and Blackfoot First Nations of western Canada. He is now remembered for having brokered a peace between the Cree and Blackfoot, negotiating construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway through Blackfoot territory, and securing a promise from the Blackfoot leader Crowfoot to refrain from joining the North-West Rebellion of 1885. The Lacombe Police Service have policed the community since 1900. The first permane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museums In Alberta
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these items available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. The largest museums are located in major cities throughout the world, while thousands of local museums exist in smaller cities, towns, and rural areas. Museums have varying aims, ranging from the conservation and documentation of their collection, serving researchers and specialists, to catering to the general public. The goal of serving researchers is not only scientific, but intended to serve the general public. There are many types of museums, including art museums, natural history museums, science museums, war museums, and children's museums. According to the International Council of Museums (ICOM), there are more than 55,000 museums in 202 countries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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