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Saw a beautiful old cast iron fence in Savannah last week
I was down in Savannah, Georgia visiting family and took a walk through the historic district. I stopped to really look at the fence around one of the old mansions, the kind with all the intricate scrollwork. You could see the old parting lines and some minor flash that was never ground off, probably from a sand mold poured over a hundred years ago. It's a nice reminder that the stuff we make is built to last. Anyone else ever spot old castings out in the wild that make you pause?
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gibson.felix8d ago
Cool find. Do you know if it was original to the house or added later? Always wonder about the history.
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ivan8738d ago
That question about it being original or added later is a good one. My buddy found a cast iron downspout on an old factory building in Pittsburgh, and he got obsessed with finding out. He spent a whole weekend at the library looking at old city plans just to see if it was on the first drawings. Turns out it was, and he said finding that felt like a real win. Makes you look at those old pieces totally different, you know?
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