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Op zondag 12 februari 2017 reed de 1618 nog solo een beladen auto trein naar Bad Bentheim. Op maandag mocht de 1619 een lege trein brengen en nam de 1618 in opzending mee. Samen komen de fraaie voertuigen als trein 45967 door Terschuur gereden waar de sneeuw al aardig aan het weg smelten is.
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.
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.
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Base of a smelters stack at a former ore mining company whose smelter opened in 1907 and then closed in 1910. the town post office closed in 1919 and by 1921 the town had become a ghost town.
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The BC Copper Company smelter began operation at Greenwood BC in 1901, servicing ore from the Mother Lode Mine and other mines in the area. By 1910 the boom had passed and Greenwood's population was 1,500. At the end of WWI, the demand for copper dropped, and by 1918 the copper market was dead and the smelter in Greenwood lay idle. The following year it closed down permanently. Unlike many of its late brethren, this smelter has left behind a few reminders of its heyday, the main one being this 210 foot tall smokestack. In its lifetime, however, the smelter made quite a stir, spawning the City of Greenwood, which grew to a population of over 3,000 at its peak, then as quickly imploded to as few as 200 citizens soon after the smelter closed. Greenwood was incorporated as a city in 1897 and remains a city - the smallest in Canada, both in population and area - now with a population of less than 700.
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.
A Scheduled Ancient Monument, Old Gang Lead Smelting Mill is one of best preserved lead mining complexes in the Pennines. Constructed in the 1840s, it replaced an earlier mill on the site. After 1885 production declined dramatically, but not before it had brought a level of prosperity to the area.
The Old Gang Lead Smelting Mill lies between Low Row and Langthwaite in Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, UK
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Old Gang Lead Smelting Mill is one of best preserved lead mining complexes in the Pennines. Constructed in the 1840s, it replaced an earlier mill on the site. After 1885 production declined dramatically, but not before it had brought a level of prosperity to the area.
When we visited it was a fine but bitterly cold day. You wonder how mean conditions would have been for those working here in the rain and cold, both above and below ground.
The Old Gang Lead Smelting Mill lies between Low Row and Langthwaite in Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, UK
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Huta Metali Nieżelaznych Szopienice:
The now abandoned metal works was founded 1834 in the Szopienice district of Katowice. It was one of Poland's largest producers of rolled copper and brass products - strips, sheets, discs and thin-walled tubes. In 2008, it went into liquidation. The factory is named after Anton Uthemann (born 1862) and known as "Uthemann Factory". The image shows the former Headquarters Building. This photo shows tha original factory:
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.
'Smelting Winter'
Sringtime come as soon as possible! Wild water in the Bavarian Alps and in the middle fresh grass. The 'Kuhfluchtwasserfälle' are a group of three waterfalls above 'Farchant', a small town in the district of 'Garmisch-Partenkirchen', in Bavaria, Germany. The water falls in three steps and there summarize is about 270 meters. This falls belong to the highest falls in Germany.
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The Day Dream Smelter, situated about 20 kilometres north-west of Broken Hill and north-east of Silverton, was established as a settlement following the discovery of rich silver-bearing ore in December 1882 and by 1884 there were some 400 to 500 people on the field. The Day Dream mine by 1884 had become important. It raised 96,000 tons of ore before it floated into a company.
The Day Dream Smelter was built by the Barrier Ranges Association which was formed in the early days of the field to take over mines, work them, establish smelters and otherwise develop the field.
The Day Dream Smelter was opened in 1885. It had a 25-ton and a 40-ton water-jacket furnace. The Day Dream mine proved short lived and in April 1886, after only 10 months of operation, the smelter was closed down as there was not sufficient ore to keep it going. Sometime soon afterward during 1886-87 the smelters were re-opened to treat the first production from the Broken Hill Mine, some 1,500 tons of ore, as the Broken Hill mine had not then started its own furnaces.
By the end of 1888 the Day Dream Settlement was almost abandoned and the smelters closed forever. Nothing remains of the settlement. All the machinery of the smelter was removed and all the salvageable material of the smelter buildings - timber and galvanised iron has long since gone.
What remains of the smelter is interesting and very strongly evocative. Standing in dramatic isolation on a round hill in the arid Barrier Range, it remains a prominent reminder of the intense activity and high expectations which were later eclipsed by the wealth of the lode at Broken Hill.
In 1980 the Heritage Council visited the site during its visit to Broken Hill. Subsequently, the Barrier Environment Group nominated Day Dream Smelter for a Permanent Conservation Order. On the 11th of February 1983 a Permanent Conservation order was placed over the smelter. It was transferred to the State Heritage Register on the 2nd of April 1999.
Paxman Steam Engines:
Steam engines were used to drive corn-mills, centrifugal pumps, stone crushers, dynamos, chaff-cutters, hay-balers, threshing machines, and saw benches. Portable steam engines were typically towed using horses or in the latter part of the steam engines era, motive power including self-propulsion or towing by tractors, trucks etc were used.
Many Davey Paxman steam portables were exported to Australia in large numbers. The businesses of the Intercolonial Boring Company (IBC) and John Blyth/Moffat-Virtue Limited provided a steady stream of customers. IBC operated a large number of water drilling rigs all over Queensland and Northern Territory as well as a considerable merchant business in hardware and machinery. Every bore that IBC sunk needed pumping plant which in turn required an engine to power it. Many of these bores are still in use albeit with more modern prime movers. Moffat-Virtue Limited, which had branches in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Toowoomba, were major suppliers of overhead shaft gear, especially for woolsheds, and customers needed engines to drive such gear.
Many old steam portables have survived in Australia's hot dry climate. They have suffered far less rusting and corrosion than machinery exposed to the British climate.
The relatively good condition of some surviving Australian portables appears to attract the interest of dealers looking to profit from prices available in overseas markets. This is a sensitive issue to preservationists in Australia who naturally wish to see historic machinery retained in their own country. Portable steam engines are protected under the Removable Cultural Heritage Act 1986.
Source: New South Wales Heritage Register & Richard Carr's Paxman History Pages (www.paxmanhistory.org.uk/portsaus.htm)
Jeg trodde et hjem
Var et lite sted
Med fire vegger
Og en familie
Har prøvd å lete
Å finne veien selv
Men når du går alene
Er det vanskelig å finne frem
Det er lett å miste
Men når du finner den
Følelsen av å komme hjem
Som når snøen smelter
Over en islagt fjord
Som når solen varmer
Over frossen jord
For når noen ser deg
I storm og gir deg le
Da vet du at det finns et hjem
Som ikke er et sted
I recently spent some time taking pictures of the local smelter which got shut down years ago. It's a great place, when it was abandoned all the old equipment was left behind so it's a lot of fun to explore. Anyway, here's a view from the railroad that leads up to one of the main buildings. It's always hit or miss when it comes to glare, but in this case I like how it travels down the path of the train track.
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.
Wo einst Eisen und Stahl produziert wurden, leuchten jetzt 300 Lichtobjekte und interaktive Lichtinstallationen durch die Nacht. Auf einem zwei Kilometer langen Rundweg erzählen sie die Geschichte des einstigen Hüttenwerks.
Where iron and steel were once produced, 300 light objects and interactive light installations now shine through the night. On a two-kilometre-long circular route, they tell the story of the former smelting works.
The new smelter at Namtu was constructed after the Second World War during which the old smelter was destroyed. It processed lead, silver, zinc and copper from the Bawdwin mines but has been out of use for some time. These pots were used for smelting zinc. It was suggested that the smelter would reopen in 2012 but I have not heard anything of this since my visit.
Some of the buildings still standing at the Quincy smelter, Hancock Michigan, USA. Part of Keweenaw National Historical Park. The window vents in the boarded up windows have been installed by the National Park Service pending a future restoration. Thanks to the Quincy Smelter Association for allowing access.
This smelter is unrestored and is pretty much the way it was on closing day in 1970. The operation here dates back to the 1860's.
Map location is approximate inside the smelter grounds.
The Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, West Midlands.
The Black Country Living Museum (formerly The Black Country Museum) is an open-air museum of rebuilt historic buildings in Dudley. It is close to Dudley Castle in the centre of the Black Country conurbation. The museum occupies 105,000 square metres (26 acres) of former industrial land partly reclaimed from a former railway goods yard, disused lime kilns and former coal pits. It was opened in 1978, since when many more exhibits have been added.
The museum preserves some important buildings from around the Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall and the City of Wolverhampton, mainly in a specially built village. Most buildings were relocated from their original sites to form a base from where demonstrators portray life in the period from the 1850s to the 1950s. The museum is constantly changing as new exhibits, especially buildings, are being added.
The museum is close to the site where Thomas Dudley first mastered the technique of smelting iron with coal instead of wood charcoal and making iron enough for industrial use. Having a claim to be "the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution", the Black Country is famous for its wide range of midsteel-based products from nails to the anchor and anchor chain for the Titanic.
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Biddenden is a splendid village in the Kentish Weald,
five miles north of Tenterden.
Like many Wealden villages in Medieval times, it was renowned for smelting iron from the local sandstone.
A head of water would fall from a dammed lake, called a “Hammer Pond,” to produce the power to operate the machinery.
It boasts the imposing landmark of All Saints Parish Church,
mostly 13th. century, although there was almost certainly a
church in the village from Saxon times.
Flemish clothworkers specialised in weaving “broadcloth” and the wealth derived explains the generous scale of the church and the large number of fine Tudor, Georgian and Regency houses in a relatively small village.
The village is renowned for the birth of conjoined twins, Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst in 1100.
Sadly, Mary died at 34. The story goes that Doctors planned to separate Eliza.
However, she refused saying, “as we came together, we will go together.”
With that, she also died just 6 hours after her twin sister.
In their wills they left about 20 acres of land to the local church.
They wanted the money raised from the land each year to be spent on distributing bread, cheese and beer to the poor in the area, every Easter.
This wish has been carried out ever since, a happy consequence from a tragic and legendary story.
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.
Another shot from my Tassie trip. I was fascinated by this Zinc Smelter in Hobart. The amount of lights on this place was incredible.
Really should view Large On Black to appreciate the detail in the factory.
This is a 2 shot panoramic stitch. 30sec exposures to capture all the smoke spewing out of the chimneys.
The Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper smelter processes ore from the nearby gigantic Bingham Canyon open pit copper mine. The ore is transported from mine to smelter using a large slurry line. The Kennecott Smokestack is 1,215 feet tall. This massive smoke-spewer is the tallest free-standing structure west of the Mississippi and is among the five tallest chimneys. It is located near the Great Salt Lake. Known as the Garfield Smelter Stack it disperses exhaust gases from Kennecott Utah Copper Magna, Utah.
To see more of the mining operations check out my album here: www.flickr.com/photos/19779889@N00/albums/72157627780868214
I visited Port Pirie last week, a place that some of my family lived from 1889 - 1917. Was an interesting place.
Located on the eastern shore of Spencer Gulf in South Australia, approximately 230 kms north of Adelaide, the smelter has been in constant operation for more than 120 years. Port Pirie is one of the world’s largest primary lead smelting facilities and the third largest silver producer
An agreement has been signed in May 2014 between Nyrstar and the state government to modernise the smelter to make it more profitable and safer for locals. Estimated costs are $514 million, of which $291 million will come from the state government. Thus securing 800 jobs at the smelter, but likely saving the whole community of Port Pirie that relies on its existence.
Smelter Stack in Anaconda, MT. Known as one of the largest free standing brick structures in the world at 555 feet tall. The smoke stack was built by the Anaconda Copper Company in 1919 and were closed in 1980. The Smelter stack was registered with the National Register of Historic Places and is now a part of the Anaconda Smoke Stack State Park.
The new smelter at Namtu, Myanmar was constructed after the Second World War during which the old smelter was destroyed. It processed lead, silver, zinc and copper from the Bawdwin mines but has been out of use for some time. It was suggested that it would reopen in 2012 but I have not heard anything of this since my visit.
Old Gang Smelting Mill is one of best-preserved lead mining complexes in the Pennines. Constructed in the 1840s, it replaced an earlier mill on the site. After 1885 production declined dramatically.
The small hut, which stands on the lake, is also for the fishing.
Hibararko, Kitashiobara, Fukushima, Japan
The shallow creek at Lerryn, in between Lostwithiel and Fowey, is crossed by both stepping stones and a Grade II*-listed medieval pack-horse bridge. According to Wikipedia this is first mentioned in 1289. By the 16th century it had fallen into disrepair and in 1573 Queen Elizabeth ordered that a rate be levied to pay for repairs. Silver smelting was an important industry in Lerryn in those days, and the bridge was essential in order to cross the tidal creek (a.k.a. River Lerryn) which drains into the River Fowey.