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A photograph of an open-air metal casting setup on bare reddish earth in front of a corrugated metal wall. Flames burn from a pile of coals on a flat metal tray in the centre. Several sand moulds sit on the ground with molten metal poured into their cavities, and a shaped metal ingot lies at the right. A hand-cranked power blower stands at the upper right, and an orange-and-white paint or cement bucket sits at the left. Metal rods lie across the ground. No people are visible in the frame.

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