Salamander tap
When the gargantuan task of ensuring the Redcar Blast Furnace was safely blown down was completed in quick time, work afterwards to mothball the furnace with what is known as a “salamander tap” wasn’t carried out.
This tap would have drained the last liquid iron from the furnace hearth.
Instead, a great lump of huge weight cooled and solidified. It remains in place almost nine years later.
Salamander tap
When the gargantuan task of ensuring the Redcar Blast Furnace was safely blown down was completed in quick time, work afterwards to mothball the furnace with what is known as a “salamander tap” wasn’t carried out.
This tap would have drained the last liquid iron from the furnace hearth.
Instead, a great lump of huge weight cooled and solidified. It remains in place almost nine years later.