General view of the blast furnace at Redcar Steelworks, showing the furnace top and gas waste pipes, downcomer, Kone crane platform and bleeder platform to top with the east cast house, from the south-east

Date:
22 Feb 2021
Location:
Redcar Steelworks, Redcar, Redcar and Cleveland
Reference:
DP277813
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Photographer's note: 'Opening in 1979 and the second largest in Europe, its design utilises a German designed bell top system with a Paul Wurth distribution system. The lower levels are influenced by Japanese designed blast furnaces.'

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/29763 Redcar Steelworks, Redcar, North Yorkshire; within the Volume: VF000362 Redcar Steel Works, Redcar, North Yorkshire; within the Series: HEC01/025 Historic England Architectural Requests; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Davies, James O: Historic England

Keywords

Steel Works, Blast Furnace