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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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  • 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
    152909steel.jpg
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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
    152939steel.jpg
  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel Works in Stoke on Trent in the 1978 after it was closed down with loss of 2,500 jobs
    153093steel.jpg
  • 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
    152943steel.jpg
  • 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
    153026steel.jpg
  • 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
    153024steel.jpg
  • Shelton Bar Iron and Steel works in Stoke on Trent  in Staffordshire , West Midland England in1970's
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  • Open hearth furnace fettling machine. Bilston Steelworks in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
    153043steel.jpg
  • 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
    152941steel.jpg
  • 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
    152923steel.jpg
  • 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
    153063steel.jpg
  • 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
    152924steel.jpg
  • 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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  • Leading hand furnace man Bill Blitz Barrington recording an opeayer. The life span of an open hearth furnace was approximately 18 weeks. After this the furnace was taken off production and the entire brickwork was replaced. The Melting Shop at Bilston Steelworks 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 Staffordshire , West Midland England in1970's
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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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  • 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
    153065steel.jpg
  • Melting Shop operative.<br />
In the background is a train of furnace charging boxes mounted on bogies filled with scarp ready for charging.<br />
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Bilston Steelworks Open Heart furnace in The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978 . It closed down in 1979
    153052steel.jpg
  • 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
    152940steel.jpg
  • Bilston Steelworks Open Heart furnace in The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978 . It closed down in 1979
    153062steel.jpg
  • 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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  • 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 open hearth furnace sample.The Melting Shop at Bilston Steelworks in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978. Taking open hearth furnace steel sample.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Melting shop operative.Bilston Steelworks in The Black Country West Midlands in the 1978 . It closed down in 1979
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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
    152986steel.jpg
  • 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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  • Collecting steel sample through open hearth furnace door. 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
    153031steel.jpg
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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
    152985steel.jpg
  • 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
    152963steel.jpg
  • 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
    152932steel.jpg
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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.
    157748_Bilston_Steel_Works.jpg
  • 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
    153088steel.jpg
  • 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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  • Gas lines to the Caldo Converter 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Bill Blitz Barrington inserts a temperature recorder into an open hearth furnace.The melting shop at Bilston Steelworks 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
    152987steel.jpg
  • 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
    152958steel.jpg
  • 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 Staffordshire , West Midland England in1970's
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  • Melting Shop operative.<br />
In the background is a train of furnace charging boxes mounted on bogies filled with scarp ready for charging. Bilston Steelworks Open Hearth furnace  in the Black Country West Midlands in the 1978
    153051steel.jpg
  • 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
    153027steel.jpg
  • 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
    152967steel.jpg
  • 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
    152931steel.jpg
  • Looking south down the furnace bay of the Melting Shop at Bilston Steelworks Open Heart furnace in 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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  • Steelmakers sitting on an open hearth furnace 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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