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  • Bilston Steelworks Oin The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978. When tapping was complete the ladle of steel was taken by an overhead crane to the adjacent casting bay. Here the ladle of steel was positioned above a train of empty ingots moulds. The moulds were filled with molten steel to form ingots. This process was called Teeming and was controlled by workers situated on a platform running the whole length of the casting bay.
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  • Operating the Rolling Mill at Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • River of iron and slage at Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • To release molten iron and slage the furnace plug is drilled half way and the remainder burnt out with an oxygen lance. A river of iron rushes out and starts journey to the ladle. Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Taking samples at Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Open Hearth Furnace during tapping.During this process the steel was collected in a ladle and other materials could be added directly to it to bring the steel to it's correct composition.<br />
Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Sheltering from the heat at Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Blast furnace at Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Blast furnace at Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 after it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Front side steel furnace man.<br />
Bilston Steelworks Open Heart furnace in The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978 . It closed down in 1979
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  • Handling steel sample. The melting shop at Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Preparing a steel ladle.Bilston Steelworks. Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Bilston Steel Works in the West Midlands in the 1970s
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  • Bilston Steel Works in the West Midlands in the 1970s
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  • The rolling Mill at Shelton Bar Steel Mill Stoke on trent Staffordshire
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel works in Stoke on Trent  in Staffordshire , West Midland England in1970's
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  • Bilston Steel Works in the West Midlands in the 1970s
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  • Bilston Steel Works in the West Midlands in the 1970s
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  • Bilston Steel Works in the West Midlands in the 1970s
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  • Bilston Steel Works in the West Midlands in the 1970s
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  • Bilston Steel Works in the West Midlands in the 1970s
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  • Bilston Steel Works in the West Midlands in the 1970s
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  • Elizaberh Furnace, Bilston Iron and Steel works, Wolverhampton, West Midlands in 1978.The furnace was constructed in 1953 &1954 to replace 3 existing blast furnaces on the site.It was named after Elizabeth Margaret Steward, the daughter of the owner of the company.It was the most advanced furnace of its kind in the UK and could produce 275,00-325,000 tons of iron per year.Due to increasing stock levels of iron across British Steel Corporation it was mothballed for 6 months in 1977. It never worked again and was demolished in 1980.
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  • General view of the Elizabeth Blast Furnace plant at Bilston Steel works taken across the canal in 1978. Image shows the stove chimney,Cowper Stoves, Elizabeth furnace and skip bridge, and the gas cleaning plant. The blast furnace was mothballed on 2 October 1977 and was currently not in use. West Midlands
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  • General view of the Elizabeth Blast Furnace plant at Bilston Steel works taken across the canal in 1978. Image shows the stove chimney,Cowper Stoves, Elizabeth furnace and skip bridge, and the gas cleaning plant. The blast furnace was mothballed on 2 October 1977 and was currently not in use. West Midlands
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  • General view of Elizabeth Blast Furnace, Bilston Iron and Steel works, Wolverhampton, West Midlands 1978
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  • General view of Bilston Blast Furnace. Part of the Melting Shop and Gas Holder can be seen on the extreme right.Bilston Iron and Steel works, Wolverhampton, West Midlands 1978
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  • General view of Elizabeth Blast  Furnace, Bilston Iron and Steel works, Wolverhampton, West Midlands 1978
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace  in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978.Pouring steel sample into container.<br />
The container was sent directly to the chemical Laboratory using a high Power tube transfer system. The analysis of the sample could be carried out in a matter of minutes, to see if the steel was at the required composition. When the correct composition was attained the furnace was ready for tapping.
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Elizabeth Furnace,Bilston Steelworks Open Heart furnace in The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978 . It closed down in 1979
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  • My father Leonard Kinsey furnace dismantler and bricklayer (1973-79). The life span of an open hearth furnace was aprox.18 week. after the furnace was taken off production and the entire brickwork replaced. Bilston Steelworks Open Heart furnace in The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978 . It closed down in 1979
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  • Operatives in Furnace Bay.Bilston Steelworks Open Heart furnace in The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978 . It closed down in 1979
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  • Two furnace operatives sitting on an instrument panel.Bilston Steelworks Open Heart furnace in The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978 . It closed down in 1979
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  • Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace.When the furnace was tapped the steel was collected in a ladle. During this process other materials such as Ferro Silicon and Manganese were added directly to the ladle to bring the steel to it's final correct composition. This was called the addition stage The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Radiant tube burner used to dry steel ladles.Bilston Steelworks Open Heart furnace in The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978 . It closed down in 1979
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  • Furnace operative Bilston Melting Shop..Bilston Steelworks in The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978 . It closed down in 1979
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  • Furnace operatives in Melting Shop Furnace Bay.Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace  in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • The open hearth furnace was inspected throughout the whole steelmaking process.The Melting Shop at Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace  in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Preparing the Open Hearth Furnace Fettling Machine.The Melting Shop at Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Open hearth furnace fettling machine. Bilston Steelworks in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Keeping the open hearth furnace area clean and tidy.The Melting Shop at Bilston Steelworks in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Furnace operatives looking across the Melting Shop Furnace Bay.Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace.When the furnace was tapped the steel was collected in a ladle. During this process other materials such as Ferro Silicon and Manganese were added directly to the ladle to bring the steel to it's final correct composition. This was called the addition stage  in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Monitoring the progress of steelmaking.The melting shop at Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • To release molten iron and slage the furnace plug is drilled half way and the remainder burnt out with an oxygen lance. A river of iron rushes out and starts journey to the ladle. Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works  in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 just before it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
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