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The Art of Steel

In a nondescript brick building in an industrial part of Baltimore, Md., a family of metal workers help to preserve the waning art of decorative iron work. Lisa Simeone visits the hot, chaotic foundary floor at G. Krug & Son to get a lesson in converting raw steel into art.

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