CLINTON, Tenn. — It's one of East Tennessee's greatest, loudest and most impressive traditions — the Independence Day anvil shoot at the Museum of Appalachia. Almost every year, the Museum of ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Museum of Appalachia will celebrate Independence Day with old-fashioned “anvil shoots.” The museum uses gunpowder to launch 150-pound anvils hundreds of feet into the air ...

Archaeologists working on the Scottish island of Rousay discovered two stone anvils that likely date back at least 1000 years—and one still bears handprints, likely made by the copper smith who used ...