Weight of sledge hammer
I'm writing a curriculum on the Chinese building the railroad. I need a small detail: How much did a sledge hammer weigh? If no one can answer that question, can you direct me to someone who can? Thank you.
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 12:26 PM
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"26. Hand drilling involved placing a steel bar (the drill) with its sharp, hard point against stone, and striking the other end with a hammer, while turning the drill in the hole between blows to produce a round hole. In overhead work and in confined spaces, "single hand" drilling was employed using a 2-1/2 to 6 pound hammer and holding the drill with one hand and striking with the other. Some miners in Europe were reported using 9-pound hammers for full eight-hour shifts, but that was considered unusual."
From The Railroad Photographs of Alfred A. Hart, Artist by Mead B. Kibbey
From: wem@onetel.com
Sledge hammer, or spike maul for drive spikes? They're two different beasts.
—John Snyder, White Ensign Models
From: "Wendell Huffman" wendellhuffman@hotmail.com
The Nevada State Railroad Museum has a CPRR sledge hammer head weighing 14 pounds, and a spike maul head weighing 7 pounds.
—Wendell
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