21 Oct 2021

Port Talbot Steelworks, South Wales, UK

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Number 4 blast furnace. 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, South Wales, UK.
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, South Wales, UK.
Blast furnace – molten iron and slag flowing from blast furnace.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
BOS vessel with molten pig iron (hot metal) from the blast furnace. 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. Basic oxygen furnace. 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.
Colour photo 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.
Blast furnace No. 4. British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK. Photo circa 1977.
Blast furnace No. 4.
British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
Blast Furnace No. 4. British Steel, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK.
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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