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If there is one kind of hammer that you don’t want to get your thumb stuck under, its a steam hammer, a giant hellish machine that defined the industrial age.
There are several claims to its invention in the mid 19th century, to hammer steel into shape and smash out impurities. One of these is Creusot, who exhibited a version at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878.
Looking at the Creusot Hammer, I would argue that it was the inspiration for the Eiffel tower, ten years later.
Here are a variety of hammers including the mechanical or hydraulic versions that replaced steam, but still have the same titanic look.
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