Old Mechanical Forge in Stara Kuźnica

In Stara Kuźnica upon Młynkowska River stands the only Poland’s original old forge with the water system from the 18th century.

Its machinery is composed of a huge hammer striking the anvil 60 times per minute, wooden box bellows, hand-operated metal plate shears, forge furnace and other forging tools. Next to the wooden building of  the forge stands the mechanism damming up water and powering the hammer and bellows.

A gate with wooden trough feeding the water wheel with water is a part of it. The old mechanical forge in Stara Kuźnica is now a museum.