[74999] Ilkeston : Erewash Museum - Ladle

Erewash Museum, Dalby House, High Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.

Casting ladle from Stanton Ironworks.

 

This ladle was used to transfer up to 5 tons of molten iron from larger ladles, the iron was then poured into pipe making machines. This ladle was the smallest size used at the Stanton Ironworks, the largest was six times as big.

 

Despite appearances it is not solid metal but made of fireproof bricks which were used to line the inside. This was then covered with a thin layer of steel.

 

The ladles were fastened to overhead cranes which moved them around the site. This ladle was used at the Stanhope Pipe plant until it closed in 2007.

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