21 Oct 2021

Port Talbot Steelworks, South Wales, UK

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Number 4 blast furnace and surrounding works. British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK. Photo circa. 1977.
Number 4 blast furnace and surrounding works.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast furnace - molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace. British Steel Port Talbot steelworks, Wales. Photo circa 1977
Blast furnace – molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast furnace - molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace. British Steel Port Talbot steelworks, Wales. Photo circa 1977
Blast furnace – molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Charging the BOS vessel with molten pig iron (hot metal) from the blast furnace. A stage in the basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) process. British Steel works, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK. 1977.
Charging the BOS vessel with molten pig iron (hot metal) from the blast furnace. A stage in the basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) process.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
BOS plant, British Steel, Port Talbot, Wales A basic oxygen furnace where oxygen is blown through molten pig iron heated to approximately 1,600℃ converting it into steel. Photo 1977
BOS plant, British Steel, Port Talbot, Wales A basic oxygen furnace where oxygen is blown through molten pig iron heated to approximately 1,600℃ converting it into steel.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Interior view of steel rolling mill. British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK. Photo circa. 1977.
Interior view of steel rolling mill.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Port Talbot steelworks, blast furnace no. 4
Blast furnace No. 4.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast Furnace. Port Talbot steel works, South Wales
Blast Furnace No. 4.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.

From the archive. Images at Number 4 blast furnace and the rolling mill, Port Talbot.

It’s closure was announced in 2024.

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10 Jun 2021

SES rescue Kookaburra

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A Kookaburra was found to be trapped in our studio chimney and so on a Sunday morning in 2018 a call was placed to the NSW (Australia) SES Wingecarribee Unit who very quickly got to work. Once rescued a local WIRES rescue volunteer provided a couple of days R&R for the bird before being released again on our property.
A Kookaburra was found to be trapped in our studio chimney and so on a Sunday morning in 2018 a call was placed to the NSW (Australia) SES Wingecarribee Unit who very quickly got to work. Once rescued a local WIRES rescue volunteer provided a couple of days R&R for the bird before being released again on our property.
Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae. Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia
Mittagong, NSW SES team rescue Kookaburra from chimney

Our property is shared with at least one mob of Kookaburra who often engage in some serious, and very noisy, squabbles. Unfortunately one of these birds became trapped in a chimney shaft, the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Wingecarribee Unit were called and effected a very professional rescue.

A WIRES wildlife rescue volunteer then provided a couple of days recuperation for the bird before it was released.

Link to Wingecarribee SES NSW unit

Link to WIRES, NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service Inc.
WIRES rescue and cares for wildlife under a license issued by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. The WIRES Rescue Office can be reached 365 days a year by calling 1300 094 737

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