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a large metal factory with lots of steel in it's racks and buckets

Cast iron foundries’ engineers know what it takes to work in harsh environment. And without safety measures, no casting process can be carry out inside the foundry. In this article, engineers from leading cast iron foundry are sharing safety tips for workforce doing job in a casting foundry anywhere…

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the inside of an industrial building with lots of machinery and lights hanging from the ceiling

Former steel plant built in 1963. This factory produced mainly steel coils. With a capacity of 3,5 million tons of steel per year with its continuous casting process, the factory was supplied with liquid cast iron by torpedo cars arriving directly from blast furnaces. Although closed, the site remains intact with all its machineries, converters, overhead cranes and other steel ladles. Here are some pictures of my visit in this monster of steel of colossal dimensions. Ancienne aciérie…

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two men working in a factory with steel

"Atlas Works, Firth Brown" Scans of six slides from the "Sheffield - Steel City" set - A15 in the "Esso Geography Studies" series. The set seems intended for school use and was probably published in early 1960s. Nothing in the pack identifies the photographer or copyright owner. I hope Esso and the photographer(s) will be glad to see these seeing the light of day rather than object to my posting them...? Thank you very much to Sheila for the gift and to Mr Curzon for storing them for our…

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a large piece of metal being lit up by fire

Basically, at the steel mill sometimes things fail just when you don't want them too. For instance, when the lining of a ladle holding 180 tons of steel fails, it would be better if there were not molten steel IN the ladle... This was not a bad one which is why I'll show it. The ladle had...

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an industrial factory with workers and machinery in the background at night or early evening time

Our plant is closing soon and I see a lot of people -- like myself -- sometimes just watching things happen... knowing that soon it will be the last time. Please like my Facebook Artists page: entropic remnants photography on facebook Also, please visit the Entropic Remnants website, my Entropic Remnants blog, and my Entropic Remnants YouTube page -- THANKS!

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an old steam engine sitting on display in front of a brick building with a street light next to it

Bessemer process, the first method discovered for mass-producing steel. Though named after Sir Henry Bessemer, the process evolved from the contributions of many investigators before it could be used commercially. It was apparently conceived independently and almost concurrently by Bessemer and by William Kelly.

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