Yes another Redcar post, I fear this place is going to dominate the exploring landscape for some time to come.... Its a site so large and so vast that it could be reported on hundreds of times before It bored me. Yet its not a place that can be visited without considering the price. Every post-closure photo I see reminds me of the immense cost of this explore, In economic, social and cost to our national pride it is immense.
The closure of Redcar makes me deeply sad, such places should not be closed so recklessly; they are vital for our industrial base, our future as a producing nation. I could talk with anger about government, ignorance, incompetence, Spineless pollitical cunts or the Chinese. But my words will not change the outcome. The fire and the fight are gone from Teeside, Redcar feels like a crimescene and we are witnesses.
The first post Dave made on Redcar last month covered our furnace visit, but that was always intended as a starting point... this thread is the follow up. The objective was to cover as much ground as we could. This time spending an entire day onsite. Dawn till dusk, or bust. I'll post up series of photos from that day. They are not neatly categorised but they are a record of our day on site.
The first stop was a revisit to the Blast furnace, Our route on site was different from that of the first trip, and quickly it became apparent that security was more active than it had been on our first trip, a van was on the move moments after we came on site. Had we been seen? A frantic climb saw us safely hidden in the cosseting safety of the furnace, I lost a hard hat during the climb but wasnt about to go back for it!
First stop was the Tapping floor where we had only spent a limited amount of time on our first Trip:
Tapping Point,
Heat Proof Overalls,
Remoted Clay Gun / Tapping Controls,
Tapping Arm,
Tuyere Level,
Cooling pipes,
Taphouse Roof,
Temperature Probe door;
Old Temperature Probe;
Furnace Top
The closure of Redcar makes me deeply sad, such places should not be closed so recklessly; they are vital for our industrial base, our future as a producing nation. I could talk with anger about government, ignorance, incompetence, Spineless pollitical cunts or the Chinese. But my words will not change the outcome. The fire and the fight are gone from Teeside, Redcar feels like a crimescene and we are witnesses.
The first post Dave made on Redcar last month covered our furnace visit, but that was always intended as a starting point... this thread is the follow up. The objective was to cover as much ground as we could. This time spending an entire day onsite. Dawn till dusk, or bust. I'll post up series of photos from that day. They are not neatly categorised but they are a record of our day on site.
The first stop was a revisit to the Blast furnace, Our route on site was different from that of the first trip, and quickly it became apparent that security was more active than it had been on our first trip, a van was on the move moments after we came on site. Had we been seen? A frantic climb saw us safely hidden in the cosseting safety of the furnace, I lost a hard hat during the climb but wasnt about to go back for it!
First stop was the Tapping floor where we had only spent a limited amount of time on our first Trip:
Tapping Point,
Heat Proof Overalls,
Remoted Clay Gun / Tapping Controls,
Tapping Arm,
Tuyere Level,
Cooling pipes,
Taphouse Roof,
Temperature Probe door;
Old Temperature Probe;
Furnace Top
Furnace Gas holder, Cokeworks Gasholder and coke byproduct Recovery.
At the top of the furnace we Tracked back through the feed converyor back into the rest of the works....
At the top of the furnace we Tracked back through the feed converyor back into the rest of the works....
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