Monument to the iron and steel industry
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Monument to the iron and steel industry by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Monument to the iron and steel industry
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 5 May 2018
This is the last ingot mould cast at Dowlais and was destined for the BSC Llanwern works. It was cast on 22 September 1987. It is cast in spheroidal graphite cast iron with a wall thickness of 241 mm and weighs 23 tonnes. It was used for cast steel ingots and could be used 120 times. The ingot it contained weighed 18.8 tonnes. The red brick building in the background is the blowing engine house from 1905-7 that blew the new blast furnaces of Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds at Dowlais Iron Works.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.76029
Longitude
-3.351935