A close overhead photograph of a metal casting furnace built from rough stone and brick blocks set into a dusty ground. Glowing orange coals fill the opening, and a ring-shaped metal crucible or mould sits among the embers. A long iron tongs or rod reaches in from the left to handle it, with a ladle or tool at the right edge. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A close overhead photograph of a metal casting furnace built from rough stone and brick blocks set into a dusty ground. Glowing orange coals fill the opening, and a ring-shaped metal crucible or mould sits among the embers. A long iron tongs or rod reaches in from the left to handle it, with a ladle or tool at the right edge. No people are visible.

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