Tag : Silo

Lucchini Steel Works, Piombino, Italy

Lucchini Steel Works, Piombino, Italy

A steel works in Italy dating back to 1864 and rebuilt after the war, including coke ovens and rolling mills.

Goodyear Wolverhampton Works

Goodyear Mixing and Retread Plant, Wolverhampton

A tyre factory in the West Midlands that in later years specialised in mixing rubber compounds and retreading of tyres.

Teesside Lackenby Steelworks at Redcar

Lackenby Steelworks, Redcar, UK

Lackenby Steelworks forms part of the huge Teesside integrated steel-making plant in Redcar which was closed by SSI in 2015.

Redcar Steelworks Blast Furnace, Middlesbrough

Redcar Blast Furnace, Middlesbrough, UK

The Teeside Steelworks was a large producer of steel in Middlesbrough, UK. The blast furnace was the largest in the UK.

Winnington Works, Brunner mond, ICI, Tata - Northwich

Winnington Soda Ash Works, Cheshire – Brunner Mond / ICI / Tata

A large industrial complex that manufactured soda-ash and other by-products. Established as Brunner Mond and later became ICI then Tata Chemicals.

Terre Rouge and Central Thermique, Luxembourg

Terre Rouge Silos and Central Thermique, Luxembourg

Terre Rouge was a large steel works in Luxembourg. The iron-ore silos remain with a nice reflection in the water below, and the sites power plant, Central Thermique remains.

Thamesteel Steel Works, Sheerness

Thamesteel Steel Works, Sheerness, UK

Opening in 1972 the steelworks in Sheerness incorporated steel production furnaces and a large rolling mill. The site closed in 2012.

Spillers Millennium Mills London

Spillers Millennium Mills, London

Millennium Mills is a large abandoned flour mill on Royal Victoria Dock, London. Built at the turn of the 20th century, the building is the last remaining of it’s era in the area.

Wallerscote Island Soda Ash Works, Winnington

Wallerscote Island Soda Ash Works, Winnington

The Wallerscote Works in Northwich is a live industrial site, the running machinery makes for an interesting explore, and the sites lighting makes for some great pictures.