Scunthorpe Lincolnshire 1975
This view of Lysaughts steelworks at Normanby Park has featured elsewhere in my photostream but not with my MG YA parked in front of it. Normanby Road runs past on the left swinging to the right and passing under the railway bridge just visible below the cooling towers. This was a branch off the North Lindsey Railway and served the steelworks.
This is the country end of the complex with the ore prep plant behind. The gasometers and chimneys are those seen on the skyline in the previous shot. The two blast furnaces are wreathed in smoke in the centre distance.
I sold the car in 1977 and the steelworks closed in 1982. Nothing left of this scene today I'm afraid. The site has become another of those bland warehouse parks with the only connection being one of the internal roads called Lysaughts Way. The railway no longer serves the site of course and has been lifted.
Scunthorpe Lincolnshire 1975
This view of Lysaughts steelworks at Normanby Park has featured elsewhere in my photostream but not with my MG YA parked in front of it. Normanby Road runs past on the left swinging to the right and passing under the railway bridge just visible below the cooling towers. This was a branch off the North Lindsey Railway and served the steelworks.
This is the country end of the complex with the ore prep plant behind. The gasometers and chimneys are those seen on the skyline in the previous shot. The two blast furnaces are wreathed in smoke in the centre distance.
I sold the car in 1977 and the steelworks closed in 1982. Nothing left of this scene today I'm afraid. The site has become another of those bland warehouse parks with the only connection being one of the internal roads called Lysaughts Way. The railway no longer serves the site of course and has been lifted.