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Clay Lane Blast furnaces

            Clay lane furnaces Nos 1 and 2 were built in the early 1950s for Dorman Long's new Lackenby open hearth steel plant. No3 furnace was added in the early 1960s. Operations ceased when the Redcar No1 blast furnace was blown in 1979. In comparrison with the Redcar furnace they had a short working life . I was told in about 1984 that it would have cost about £50 million to have the plant overhauled and relined so they could run again.The furnaces were all demolished in  1987.
 No 1 furnace had  two tapholes, high top pressure and a design capacity of about 2300 tonnes a day. No2 furnace did not have high top pressure and had a capacty of about 1700 tonnes a day. No3 furnace had high top pressure  and a capacity of about 2000 tonnes a day. All three furnaces had a hearth diameter of 8.4 metres (27' 6") and a height of about 82 meters (270')
As a comparison Dorman Long built the Warrenby blast furnaces at the same time which had a hearth diameter of 5.3 meters. This was due to lack of blowing capacity at Warrenby. The Warrenby furnaces were demolished in 1973. Does anyone have any photographs of the Warrenby furnaces?
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Middlesbrough / Grangetown (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 2010

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