A relic from a bygone era. Amazing. Truly, industry is a sight to behold. I can only imagine what it would have been like, with trainloads of Iron coming in, and the blast furnace converting said iron into steel. The steel than to be poured into molds and made into ingots or other shapes, and then they are cooled and shipped off. A very remarkable process.
@@rottenroads1982 it truly was a giant of its time, the largest in Europe when it was built and capable of churning out 10,000 tonnes of steel per day.
Andy, I've just watched this again today, great filming. I filmed the remains of the PCI plant again this morning and wow, what a difference a year makes !
Cheers, yes I got a shock. I think it’s because the explosive blowdown’s are fresh in my mind, but there’s so much more that’s be taken down by machines.
It is depressing, over 160 years of steel making in our area. Steel from Teesside has built famous bridges around the world such as the Sydney Harbour bridge. The price of world steel used to be set here. It is sad that a flood of cheap steel from the likes of China and India have devastated our industries.
@@AMDronephotography the UK doesn’t have a manufacturing base to be able to use all the steel we once made. Im in Port Talbot and our plant is a 5 million ton maximum and it’s barely able to pump out 3 million ton when the majority of Chinese plant are around 10 million ton yield plants. We were once the kings of the steel industry but other third world countries have now grown into industrial giants
We had No. 2 and No. 3 Blasts in Llanwern back in the day , I thought No. 3 was big but that Redcar Blast was one huge mother 😮 Such a shame it's no more like Llanwern and the forthcoming debacle that's happening in Port Talbot and Scunthorpe 😡
I believe there were going to be 3 at Redcar, only one was built. It was once Europe’s largest blast furnace and stood 365 feet in height. Skyline looks strange without the steelworks, and there’s plans to bring steel making back in the form of an electric arc furnace. It’s a long fall from grace, Middlesbrough had 58 furnaces by 1866. I see what Scunthorpe and Port Talbot are going through and it’s sadly so familiar. I believe steel making is a strategic asset.
Beautiful, my dad used to work as an engineer in the largest steel plant in Romania before ArcelorMittal bought everything. Thanks to our corrupt politician, we are now dependent of China and India..
@@amdPeek I think it’s very shortsighted to close these strategic industries and rely on China to supply. We are getting an electric arc furnace as they are deemed to be the green solution to steel production, time will tell I suppose. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
I was on a reline at Sparrows Point, USA...they dug deep into the furnace and found out they needed to replace the carbon block floor...just before the reline they sold the custom cut carbon block floor to China....to make this short...they had to buy it back sat a hefty price and fed ex it on planes back over...Sparrows Point is no longer.😕
hi brilliant video of the whole site especially when u see it all gone now must be sad for all the people that work there for so many years. I think scunthorpe will go the same way in the not to distant future so sad
@MrAndymc69 it's such a shame so many years of steel making all gone we are not so great Britain any more I work in a small brass foundry my self but times are getting very hard for us atm
@@aaronyoung5797 sorry to hear that, seems there won’t be any heavy industry before long. My Grandad was a brass moulder, he worked in the shipyards on the Tees.
Hi, I'm a musician from the Co Durham. I'm creating a music video for a track I've written and wondered whether you'd allow me to use a few seconds from your brilliant video. I would credit you in the video end credits. I should add that I make no money from the music. Thanks John.
yes there has been many infiltrations to this site over the years.. there is actually a security patrol vehicle in this video if you look closely :-) 5:10 you can see it come in to view under the pipe on the left... i missed it the first time... its just nice to see a recent up to date view of it.. im just trying to work out whether any construction companies or demo crews have arrived in large volumes yet..
