Forum: Pre Industrial Revolution Locks
The lockmaking scene changed late in the 18th century when the Industrial Revolution got under way and locking principles started to be explored. This forum therefore is for the many and varied interesting locks before 1778 where the fixed ward or spring barbs were the means of security.
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Well done- very nearly right! It would not have survived at all in Pompeii- which was incinerated , but along the coast about 10 miles is Herculaneum which was engulfed in a volcanic mudslide at the...
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