epw010149 ENGLAND (1924). The Cleveland Steel Works, Grangetown, 1924. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.
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Title | [EPW010149] The Cleveland Steel Works, Grangetown, 1924. This image has been produced from a copy-negative. |
Reference | EPW010149 |
Date | April-1924 |
Link | |
Place name | GRANGETOWN |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 454625, 521363 |
Longitude / Latitude | -1.1546868874837, 54.584389579466 |
National Grid Reference | NZ546214 |
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Blast furnaces. This group was confusingly named after Bessemer, and by 1956 limited to produce speigeleisen , etc for use in refining steel from the OH furnaces |
Fred Starr |
Friday 25th of September 2015 05:54:24 PM |
Cleveland Works Laboratories. In 1962 main duties were to analyse coal for water sulphur and ash contents, progress with refining in the OH steel furnaces and slag and iron from blast furnaces. They also had a metallography lab for investigating failures of equipment |
Fred Starr |
Friday 25th of September 2015 05:51:20 PM |
I think that this is No 5 Rolling Mill. It was probably used for manufacturing the steelwork of the Sydney Harbour Bridge |
Fred Starr |
Friday 25th of September 2015 05:38:46 PM |
This is Dorman Long's South Plant comprising ten open hearth furnaces. The plant was still in use in 1966 and was supplementing the newer open hearth plant at Lackenby (built 1952) |
Fred Starr |
Friday 25th of September 2015 05:36:49 PM |
Dorman Longs Open Hearth North Plant. In the early sixties this was being converted to oxygen steel making |
Fred Starr |
Friday 25th of September 2015 05:34:00 PM |
Dorman Longs Open Hearth North Plant. In the early sixties this was being converted to oxygen steel making |
Fred Starr |
Friday 25th of September 2015 05:33:55 PM |