2012

SO2409 : Preserved truck, Blaenavon

taken 12 years ago, near to Forge Side, Torfaen/Tor-Faen, Wales

Preserved truck, Blaenavon
Preserved truck, Blaenavon
The truck is on display in Blaenavon Ironworks car park, alongside a preserved steamhammer. Link
This extract from the Heritage Trail website explains how the truck was used:

"in 1880 the workings at Blaenavon had taken second place to a new foundry across the valley that also boasted two Bessemer Converters for steel production. The number two furnace at Blaenavon was retained to produce cold blast pig iron, whilst the newer number four and five furnaces were converted to produce iron ingots for the steelworks. The casting houses were removed from in front of these furnaces to allow rail tracks to be laid directly up to the tapping area. Trucks carrying ingot moulds would be brought up so that the molten iron could be ladled directly in. The trucks would then be transported across the valley on a viaduct to the new steelworks."

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Cast House [11] · Blast Furnaces [9] · Car Park [9] · Iron and Steel [6] ·
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Photographer
Jaggery   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 22 July, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 25 July, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 248 091 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:46.5298N 3:5.4807W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SO 248 091
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