Lackenby Steelworks forms part of the huge Teesside integrated steel-making plant in Redcar which was closed by SSI in 2015.
Redcar, Teesside, UK Closed Lackenby works formed part of the huge Redcar Steelworks in Teeside. Lackenby works and the Redcar Blast Furnace formed the majority of the Redcar integrated steelworks. The works were established by Engineering company Dorman Long to produce steel, primarily for their own projects.
As part of the nationalisation of the steel industry the works were incorporated into the British Steel Corporation and were privatised once again in the 1970s. My previous report covering the blast furnace has further history of the Redcar site.
The Lackenby works was a Basic Oxygen Steel-making (BOS) and Continuous Casting (ConCast) plant. It took iron produced in the Redcar Blast Furnace to produce steel. Scrap steel was also recycled as part of the process.
Nice pictorial walk through of the plant. I imagine it does not look like that now.
They started decommissioning work immediately after closure, I would think anything they can sell on will be gone by now and dismasting of other equipment will be well under way.
Hey are you certain its been pulled appart now? If so, could you suggest any other abandonned Steelworks in the UK worth a look?
It’s most certainly not. I think you are referring to the Teesside Beam Mill that still operates at the Lackenby part of the site. It’s operated by Tata and therefore didn’t close when the SSI parts shut down. The BOS plant seen here is now pretty much dismantled.
It is back in action.
Great pictures of the Bos & to Concast