Edwin Klockars Blacksmithing - San Francisco, CA
Posted by: saopaulo1
N 37° 47.247 W 122° 23.646
10S E 553349 N 4182405
A historic blacksmith shop in downtown San Francisco. The shop is still in use.
Waymark Code: WM7YE6
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2009
Views: 7
The plaque reads: "Klockars' Blacksmith Shop
Beginning in the 1860's, foundries south of Market Street fabricated mining machinery, railroad cars, and ships. This 1912 machine shop is the last. Fred V. Wilbert forged fine tools here. Edwin A. Klockars (1898 - 1994), a native of Munsmo, Finland, joined Wilbert in 1928. His precision-made tools helped construct the Emperor Norton and Golden Gate Bridges and hundreds of ships during World War II. Still in production is [sic] his 1939 jam tongs that enable canning companies to clear convulsed conveyor carriers. Ed Klockars had one motto: "Anything you need, we make." This shop still does.
Dedicated March 26, 6010 (2005)
Capitulus Redivivus Yerba Buena #1
Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus
Credo Quia Absurdum "
Operating Status: Operating
Address: 443 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA USA
Web Address: Not listed
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