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Klockars' Blacksmith Shop
Beginning in the 1860's, foundries south of Market Street fabricated mining machinery, railroad cars, and
ships. This 1912 machine shop is the last. Fred V. Wilbert forged fine tools here. Edwin A. Klockars (1898 - 1994),
a native of Munsmo, Finland, joined Wilbert in 1928. His precision-made tools helped construct the Emperor Norton
and Golden Gate Bridges and hundreds of ships during World War II. Still in production is [sic] his 1939 jam tongs
that enable canning companies to clear convulsed conveyor carriers. Ed Klockars had one motto: "Anything you need,
we make." This shop still does.
Dedicated March 26, 6010 (2005)
Capitulus Redivivus Yerba Buena #1
Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus
Credo Quia Absurdum
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