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The yards and original stables were built in 1849 for up to 100 horses, using slag blocks from the smelting works. The complex contained a storeroom, to house smelting stores, and a blacksmith's shop. In c1853, to augment the carting services of the bullock teams, the smelting company imported mules and their drivers from Chile. The smeltsyard became the main service centre for these mule teams and the wagons they Former Smeltsyard Store, 2005 hauled, and soon contained all necessary equipment for maintaining the equipment and shoeing the animals. The yards also maintained stables for a number of horses.
After the railway reached Burra in 1870, the mule and bullock teams were no longer necessary for transportation of the ore, and the smeltsyard's function declined. In 1877 Burra's first Agricultural and Horticultural Show was held in the yard and stables, and continued on this site until 1885.
An old lead smelting mill in Arkengarthdale, These remains date from 1839 and it stands on the site of two earlier smelt mills which date back to the 1700's
The Smelt Parade on the bank of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota. The parade opened the Spring season but northern weather is northern weather - it was about 7C/45F with strong, cold wind blowing from the lake.
From the beach at Crayfish Creek we get a clear view of the smelter at Port Latta. This smelter manufactures iron ore pellets from mines in north west Tasmania. The pellets are then moved down the mile long jetty to deep enough water to bring in the large cargo ships.
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A Rio Grande work train dumps smelter slag, sourced from Midvale, Utah, along the westward main track at mile post 693 east of Springville, Utah the morning of July 22, 1988.
Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5364 leads a 40 car ballast train through Riverton, Utah the evening of May 17, 1989.
A Rio Grande work train crew dumps slag ballast along the westward Main Track east of Springville, Utah the morning of July 22, 1988. The D&RGW used smelter slag for track ballast systemwide, sourced from Leadville, Colorado and Midvale, Utah.
A Kennecott Copper Corp. train of interchange traffic from Union Pacific's Garfield yard rumbles along the Dike Spur approaching Smelter Junction, Utah on Sept. 11, 1999. KCC GP39-2 No. 792 was built for Kennecott by EMD in December 1978. In 2002, it was sold to Railworks, a contract switching company that assumed Kennecott's rail operations between Magna and Garfield.
The ancient smelter in Újmassa, built in 1813, is one of Hungary's most important industrial monuments and a rarity in Europe.
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Surrender Lead Smelting Mill, Swaledale. The Surrender Mining Company demolished the Low Mill which dated from around 1680 and the New Mill built in 1685 as a slag mill. Both mills stood near the site of the present mill and had become increasingly dilapidated. Building a replacement mill to modernise the Surrender Mining companies smelting operations started in September 1839 when a new lease stipulated that the lessees (SMC) should build a new mill and flue within two years. It was subsequently completed in 1841 and mill accounts for that year state that 54 tons of lead and no slag were smelted.
The first flue ended at a chimney approximately 480 metres from the mill. However in 1854, it was extended to 750 metres. An old OS map from 1854 shows another chimney 200 metres behind the mill which may have been a condenser. The new mill's life was short-lived. When the AD Mining Company, a major customer of the mill, begun selling its ore to other smelters in 1879, the mill struggled to cope and closed the following year in 1880. On closure its peat supply was taken to the Old Gang Mill up-stream from the mill. The owners continued to maintain the mill, but in September 1902 the roof timbers, slates, doors and floor boards were all sold-off. In 1909 the Stang & Cleasby Lead Mine paid £50 for the mill’s 14 foot diameter wooden water wheel.
Since then the mill has slowly crumbled away. On the 13th February 1973 it was awarded Grade: II listed status.
The Nyrstar Hobart smelter is one of the world’s largest zinc smelters in terms of production volume, focusing on high-value added products for export primarily to Asia.
Old Gang Smelt Mill.
The area around Old Gang was one of the most intensively-mined parts of Swaledale in the 18th and 19th centuries. The largest surviving building at Old Gang is the smelting mill.
The ruins of a Meiji era smelter built utilizing the slope at the foot of a mountain, showcasing advanced technology of the time. These are remnants from the Meiji period. Construction began in 1895 (Meiji 28) with a significant investment, but operations ceased after only a year and a half.
The Nyrstar Hobart smelter is one of the world’s largest zinc smelters in terms of production volume, focusing on high-value added products for export primarily to Asia.
The facility uses the RLE process for zinc production. Hobart’s key products are SHG zinc, die cast alloys (branded ‘EZDA’) and CGG (continuous galvanising grade) alloys. In addition, the site also makes by-products of cadmium, copper sulphate, paragoethite, lead sulphate, leach concentrate, gypsum and sulphuric acid.
And it really happened! A Deltic on the Blyth and Tyne, hundreds flocked in the warm spring sunshine of a double bank holiday. Yes, a royal wedding too! We will take it all.
We sped along the spine road that shoots past Cramlington, Blyth and Bedlington. So many wait for the mornings first train on the over bridge by Freemans crossing. Its -The Shot- of the morning. We continue on, beyond Ashington to the Woodhorn curve, and then on a little more, towards the smelter. And stop there to check. Really?!! It is there but we can't see in. An unmistakable drone can be heard from within, the multi layered roaring drone from the triangular configuration of cylinders and their opposed pistons, six pistons in each back, eighteen to an engine. Thirty six if both engines were running but here they are not.
And so we return to Woodhorn and await. The dandelions are in first bloom, a low down viewpoint will accentuate this. There is no one else waiting here! And then she comes, roaring on one engine at low speed on the tight curve. A racehorse on a slow slog, so beautiful in the sun. Our days work is already done!
55022 Royal Scots Grey. Woodhorn curve, 6N51 morning empties from Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter to North Blyth. 27th of April 2011.
Minolta x300, 100mm f2.5 Rokkor. Fuji Provia 100, 1/250 @ f8-1/3.
It smelt of something, aniseed? It was identified by a micologist.
Another foray with the Staffordshire Fungi Group today. We found quite a lot.
8th September 2018 Bagot's Forest Staffordshire Uk
Private woodland.
The ancient smelter in Újmassa, built in 1813, is one of Hungary's most important industrial monuments and a rarity in Europe.
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One of Union Pacific's "Rugged Little Beasts", an SW10 switch engine, shuffles loads of smelter slag in the former WP yard at Garfield, Utah the morning of April 4, 1992. Looming behind UP 1202 is Kennecott Copper's 1,215 ft. high smelter stack. When it was completed in 1974, it held several world records, and today it has its own Wiki page:
This is from my trip to Tn. and NC a few weeks back now. Taken from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountain National park.
It looks almost like hot metal being poured on the clouds, to me at least.
Almost looks like an eyeball, scanning the beautiful mountains.
Please take the time to look in Large....and as always...hope you like!
A display of the various products produced from the iron ore smelter at The Lone Pine mine on Red Mountain in Alabama in the early 1900's..and my second photomerge of 2 images
The shadow of the bridge that spans the river allows a better view of the smelts running up the river from the ocean inlet.
Here are some rusty structures from the ore processing area of the mill at New Idria mercury mine in San Benito county, CA, now a long forgotten ghost town. If you have ever dreamed of escaping to your own personal paradise, alone in the dark, where the only critters trying to attack you are ones that can tolerate the extreme toxicity of the air, soil, and water, THIS may be your place.
There was a concentration of chemical fumes on this spot that caused my eyes to water and even induced lightheadedness after awhile. I suspect something in the stream of water or soil, but I had to move away after 20mins of shooting some frames.
As I was shooting this, the aggressive caretaker was searching for me, so I dropped to the ground and hid until he passed. This went on several times over a couple of hours until he finally caught me returning to my truck, shone his beam on me and very kindly and invited me to "Get the __ out!!". I had to assume he also had his firearm trained on me, so I cheerfully acquiesced.
Lens is the DFA 25mm f/4 on the 645Z. 272sec exposure for the foreground and a composite of 206 30second star trail images, representing nearly 2 hours of the Earth's rotation. Did you think the stars are white? Well, they definitely range from warm to cool, which explains the various colors apparent in the streaks. Neato! All oblique light on the structures is from the full moon.
Thanks for looking. For the full effect, dim the lights and press L on your keyboard now...if you DARE!!
Smelting Mill Brook near Rowsley. An image made up of several photos stacked together to give a long exposure effect.
This is the smelter chimney situated up the hill behind Snailbeach lead mine. The mine closed around 1955, however some of the ruined buildings have been preserved and the site is open to the public on Sundays during the summer months and is operated by the Shropshire Mines Trust.