Forged beam stirrup support 1824

In 1820 a young man by the name of Thomas Hartley came to South Africa with the British settlers. He opened a blacksmith shop on the premises where the Pig and Whistle Inn is now situated in Bathurst, South Africa. When the longest yellow wood rafters in South Africa had to be installed in the St John's Anglican Church, Thomas Hartley forged the brackets, bolts and nuts for the assembling of the trusses.
Each bolt and nut had to be hand forged and are not universal as a nut will only fit on the bolt made for it.
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