Steelworks Collection (page 4)

Drawing hexagonal rods, Edgar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, 1962
Drawing hexagonal rods, Edgar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. The hexagonal bars are used mainly for bolts, nuts, couplings, valves, and precision equipment

The process of forging heads at the Edgar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. The forge presses metal between two dies (called tooling)

Rolling hexagonal rods, Edgar Allen Steel Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. The hexagonal bars are used mainly for bolts, nuts, couplings, valves, and precision equipment

Drawing office scene, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Three exectutives in discussion in the drawing office

Checking the curve of a steel plate, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1964. A steelworker checks the curve of a steel plate after it has been passed through the rollers

A 1500 ton steel press, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1970. Artist: Michael Walters
A 1500 ton steel press, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1970. A steel worker looks relaxed as he handles red hot steel into the press at a Sheffield steelworks

Teeming (pouring) molten iron, Brown Bayley Steels, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

75 ton arc furnace pouring molten steel into a vessel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1969

Pouring a 23 ton steel casting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968. Artist: Michael Walters
Pouring a 23 ton steel casting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

Completed M1 Tinsley Viaduct, 1968. Artist: Michael Walters
Completed Tinsley Viaduct on the M1, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968. The twin cooling towers of the Blackburn Meadows Power Station which many travellers heading north used as a landmark can be

Pouring molten metal from a cupola into moulds, steel bath production, Hull, Humberside, 1965

An ingot in a bloom mill, Park Gate Iron and Steel Company, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1966

Grinding (sharpening), Everlast Garden tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist
Grinding (sharpening), Everlast Garden tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Rolling spade blades, Everlast Tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965. Sheffield had a worldwide reputation for quality garden tools

Cutting off lead from a manganese chain casting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965
Cutting off lead from a manganese chain casting, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Casting a 1 in 14 rail crossing, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964

1 in 14 rail crossing, mould and pattern, Stanley Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

Pattern making for a rail junction, Stanley Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. The pattern was made by hand from wood

Teeming (pouring) molten iron at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964

Profile cutting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Profile cutting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Two engineers check the results of a profile cutter at the Yorkshire Engine Company

Assembling garden shears, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
Assembling garden shears, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Arc furnace in operation, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Arc furnace in operation, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964

Steel worker, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Inspecting a bubble chamber casting, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964

Drawing office at a Sheffield steel foundry, Edgar Allens, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Drawing office at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Photography of the technical side of manufacturing was important as it conveyed a sense of the presision of

Rolling plate at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Rolling plate at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. This process enables a curve to be created on the steel plate

Medical care at a steelworks, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Medical care at a steelworks, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A doctor undertakes a routine test on an employee in the infirmary at the Brightside Heating & Engineering Works

Finished steel in a warehouse, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Finished steel in a warehouse, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Rolled steel ready for dispatch in the steel warehouse at the Brightside Heating & Engineering works in Sheffield

Furnace feeding in the Steel City, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Teeming iron in the Steel City, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. This is the process of pouring the molten metal to create the ingots

Pouring a small casting at Edgar Allens Steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Pattern for a giant magnet casting, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Control cabin at Brightside Foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The steel can be seen being rolled in the background

Pole magnet casting from above, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A view of a pole magnet casting from above with men working on the casting

Group portrait of workers, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Quality checking a giant saw blade, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. This is a good example of the kind of specialist tools that were being produced in Sheffield at

A group of foundry staff with technical drawings, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Foundry management and workers gather around some drawings at Edgar Allens steel foundry

Forging pins at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Forging pins at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. The hot steel is pressed between the two dies to form one part

Forge in action at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Impression die forging pounds or presses metal between two dies (called tooling)

Close-up of a forge being worked at Edgar Allens foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962

Loading a steam wagon with scrap at a steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Railway track work at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Like a giant train set, track work is laid out in the foundry yard with workers

Edgar Allen steel foundry, Meadowhall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Artist
Edgar Allen steel foundry, Meadowhall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Work is being carried out on a dragline bucket on the right of the photograph whilst a giant counterweight hangs above

Constructing a dragline bucket, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1962. Dragline buckets are used extensively in quarrying and also for dredging

Checking the temperature of molten steel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Checking the temperature of molten steel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. To enable the temperature of molten steel to be taken, an immersion pyrometer has to be used

Pouring molten iron, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Pouring molten iron, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Molten metal being poured from a Kaldo furnace into a vessel

Steelworks canteen, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Steelworks canteen, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. One of the canteens which operated in various parts of the works

Steel H girders being stacked for distribution, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. The Park Gate Iron and Steel Company was founded in 1823

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