Thomas Oliver (Darlaston)
From Graces Guide
Thomas Oliver invented a treadle-operated hammer (the Oliver hammer, or English Oliver), a machine for forging bolts. Production of bolts using this machinery started in Darlaston in 1838. Similar machines were still being using in the Black Country in 1979, at Lench's Oliver Shop, making special bolts to order. Using such a hammer could be strenuous work, stamping on the treadle to force the red hot iron into the die over a thousand times a day. The above information is from the Wikipedia entry.
Followed the earlier work of Micah Rugg in Marion, Conn., USA?[1]
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