2012
SO2409 : Preserved truck, Blaenavon
taken 12 years ago, near to Forge Side, Torfaen/Tor-Faen, Wales
Preserved truck, Blaenavon
The truck is on display in Blaenavon Ironworks car park, alongside a preserved steamhammer.
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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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