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The furnace is heated in order to melt iron during the National Ornamental Metal Museum’s Pour Party. Metal smiths from as far away as Sloss Furnace in Birmingham, Alabama, have come to Memphis to take part, November 15, 2008.


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Solid iron chunks are placed into the top of the furnace, where they will reach melting temperature around 2600 °F, November 15, 2008.


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Molten iron is poured from the furnace and into pouring crucibles. The temperature of the iron is approximately 2600 to 2800 °F, November 15, 2008.


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A metal smith carefully pours molten iron into a mold, November 15, 2008.


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Molten iron is poured into a mold, November 15, 2008.


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The last pour of the night is an incendiary mold, made of material that ignites into a fireball upon contact with the molten iron, November 15, 2008.


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Hot iron, though no longer molten, continues to glow shortly after poured. It sits in the mold for several hours before being removed.

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This is the iron tile from the scratch block I made at the National Ornamental Metal Museum. The scratch block is a negative, made of heat resistant sand, into which the molten iron is poured to form the positive.


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Fuji Velvia 100, 1/10 sec f/3.5


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Stanton Thomas, Ph.D, of Brooks Museum, and his wife Genevieve portray Franklin and Jane Pierce
in 1850’s fashion, on the steps of the Annesdale Mansion during the Annesdale-Snowden Historic District home show,
May 18, 2008.


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