Several helve hammers were built at the works; they were actuated by water power from the Kimo river.
2.
The iron was apparently forged with a tilt hammer, rather than the helve hammer, usual in finery forges.
3.
The "'nose helve hammer "'seems to have been unusual until the late 18th or early 19th century.
4.
The "'belly helve hammer "'was the kind normally found in a finery forge, used for making pig iron into forgeable bar iron.
5.
By 1879, local manufacturers also included Bradley & Company ( founded 1832 ) at the corner of Marcellus and Wyoming streets who produced farming machinery and cushioned helve hammers.