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1. The History
Located in the Templeborough area of Rotherham and known locally as "Steelos", Steel, Peech and Tozer was one of the largest steel manufacturers in the area. In 1918 they merged with Samuel Fox and Company, based in Stocksbridge and Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company in Scunthorpe creating United Steel Companies (USC). The steelworks was reputed to be a mile long and at its peak in the mid-20th century, employed 10,000 people. In the 1950s Templeborough's open hearth furnaces had become outdated so USC set up “Operation SPEAR” (Steel Peech Electric Arc Reorganization). This involved the introduction of six modern electric arc furnaces to replace the 14 open hearth furnaces. This resulted in Templeborough Melting Shop becoming the largest electric arc steel making plant in the world, capable of producing 1.8 million tons per year. After nationalisation in 1967 it became part of the British Steel Corporation (BSC). The steelworks closed in 1993 and was subsequently partly converted into a museum, the £46 million Magna Centre, famous for its display called "The Big Melt" which demonstrates how steel was made in an electric arc furnace.
2. The Explore
This was a strange one. Not really considered this to be "reportable" on to be honest. I'd taken my son to a party there and with a couple of hours to kill and with no sites in driving distance had a poke around the immediate area. The majority of the former steel works are now part of Magna (see above) but on the periphery there are old unused parts of the steelworks that are slowly rusting away. They are effectively derelict and extremely photogenic so off I went.
3. The Pictures
img0969 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0972 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0970 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0992bw by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0975 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1018 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1021 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0978 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0979 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0980 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0981 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0982 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0993 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0998 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1000 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1004 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1022 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1026 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1028 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1030 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1037 by HughieDW, on Flickr
Located in the Templeborough area of Rotherham and known locally as "Steelos", Steel, Peech and Tozer was one of the largest steel manufacturers in the area. In 1918 they merged with Samuel Fox and Company, based in Stocksbridge and Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company in Scunthorpe creating United Steel Companies (USC). The steelworks was reputed to be a mile long and at its peak in the mid-20th century, employed 10,000 people. In the 1950s Templeborough's open hearth furnaces had become outdated so USC set up “Operation SPEAR” (Steel Peech Electric Arc Reorganization). This involved the introduction of six modern electric arc furnaces to replace the 14 open hearth furnaces. This resulted in Templeborough Melting Shop becoming the largest electric arc steel making plant in the world, capable of producing 1.8 million tons per year. After nationalisation in 1967 it became part of the British Steel Corporation (BSC). The steelworks closed in 1993 and was subsequently partly converted into a museum, the £46 million Magna Centre, famous for its display called "The Big Melt" which demonstrates how steel was made in an electric arc furnace.
2. The Explore
This was a strange one. Not really considered this to be "reportable" on to be honest. I'd taken my son to a party there and with a couple of hours to kill and with no sites in driving distance had a poke around the immediate area. The majority of the former steel works are now part of Magna (see above) but on the periphery there are old unused parts of the steelworks that are slowly rusting away. They are effectively derelict and extremely photogenic so off I went.
3. The Pictures
img0969 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0972 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0970 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0992bw by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0975 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1018 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1021 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0978 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0979 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0980 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0981 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0982 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0993 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img0998 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1000 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1004 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1022 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1026 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1028 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1030 by HughieDW, on Flickr
img1037 by HughieDW, on Flickr