blast furnace

A wonderful discovery in a basement that wasn't meant to be there—it had been buried. This section was attached to a blast furnace that was demolished long ago, and it was part of the iron ore processing facility that fed the furnace. While searching in a hidden corner, we found the old control...

A steelworks was built here as early as 1836. In 1934, the new coking plant, with 50 Koppers ovens, was put into operation. The old one was demolished to make way for it. In 1952, an expansion was necessary, and a second battery with 26 Coppée ovens was built. In 1958, a sinter plant was built...

Redcar Blast Furnace: December 2021 Another one from the backlog Large industrial complexes ignite something childish within all of us, I'm sure, similar to seeing heavy machinery and subconsciously thinking that's cool. Its something that just draws you in and begins to play upon your...

Hello :) I've been interested in abandoned places for a long time and have built up quite a collection of visits, but this is my first post on 28DL. I know this place has been covered a lot but I felt like I had to write something as it is sadly being torn down as we speak. So here's a run...

For those that may be interested, this would be a real spectical from the South Gare (probably have to go the night before they'll likely close that road), sad, but inevitable. If anyone goes please share photos/videos etc. as I sadly can't make it.

Redcar Blast Furnace Visited with @UrbandonedTeam, @DustySensorPhotography, @KPUrban_ and @huyt.urb History credits to @Exploring with Andy Engineering company Dorman Long had established themselves as builders of long-span bridges throughout the north of England. In 1917 they founded the...

History: The history of this former steelworks dates all the way back to the middle of the 1800s. At this time a small forge in the Belgium town of La Louviere began expanding its operations. By 1900 over 1200 employees were active on the terrain. When the first world war broke out nearly all of...

History: In 1909 a brand new modern steel site was built at the banks of a canal between Charleroi and Brussels. At the time steel was one of the largest industries in Wallonia and was truly booming in industrial hubs like Liège and Charleroi. The complex started with just two blast furnaces but...

History The "Haut Fourneau 4" (Blast furnace 4 in french) is a blast furnace of Marcinelle, Charleroi. It produced 6000 tonnes of cast iron per day for the rolling mill sites at La Louvière and Clabecq. A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial...

This is the first Report in a very long time, it seems anything I once uploaded has since been lost. Pictures are not wonderful, hopefully the story will excuse them to a degree and you might glean a sliver of wisdom, if you choose to make a visit to the Steelworks. To kick off, I will...

This end of the site it well underway in terms of demolition. I didn't dare going up this blast furnace, as given great chunks were missing, things could be a little more unstable. I wasn't expecting to see the big building with the trains. These large wagons were used to move away the slurry...

HF6 was a blast furnace located in Seraing, adjacent to Liege, in Belgium. It formed part of the Cockerill Sambre, later combined Cockerill-Ougree steelworks that dominated the area - the area around Liege and Seraing is one of my favourite places anywhere in the world, but I digress. During the...

The Explore...... Some more Industrial Porn from a bit of a trip the later end of last year into Belgium and France with @Adam X and a couple of non members covering several Industrial Sites, Churches, a Chateau and Graffiti Warehouse ;) HFX is a massive abandoned steel works in France made up...

History Teesside Steelworks was a large steelworks located along the south bank of the River Tees between Middlesbrough and Redcar in the unitary authority area of Redcar and Cleveland in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. Located near the mouth of the River Tees close to the...

Been meaning to get up here for ages but never fancied it on my own (long arse drive) anyway managed to get up here a few weekends ago with @Bolts and a non member. Cracking day out, pretty much turned up and just went straight at it. Very fun explore, secuirty is pretty on top. Constant...