A modern steel works in Belgium that has only recently closed. Lights, computers and machines still operate around the site.
Visited August 2015 Belgium Decommissioning
S.M. is a steel works in Belgium that has only recently closed. In contrast to other steel works I have visited, SM was very clean and tidy. There was lots of equipment still running around the site, computers still turned on in the control rooms displaying the status of various processes on multiple screens – the place looks like workers could walk in and start making steal at any time.
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – An industrial mountainS.M. Steel Works, Belgium – View down the main production area
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Production area
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Small control room
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Machinery for working with the newly produced steelS.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Control station still turned on and ready to be used
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Electric Arc furnace
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Dark control room
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Newspapers and safety glasses left behind by workers
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Control panel
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Process control computer
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Control room still had a radio playingS.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Control room with lots of computers sill running
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Computer display
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Rolling mill control room
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Steel production areaS.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Wheel barrow and machinery
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Rolling mill from above
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Rolling mill production line
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – After production the steel would make its way through the rolling mill production linesS.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Machinery in the rolling mill
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Row of machines
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Lifting and cooling equipment
S.M. Steel Works, Belgium – Heavy lifting equipment in the rolling mill