Steel Works rail rolling line in Workington

Workington produced steel for 125 years culminating in Corus creating annually enough rail to run from Workington to Istanbul along with 400,000 steel sleepers made in the plant. Daily 1000 tons of steel blooms were delivered from the latest steel works in the North East to Workington to be heated and rolled to the various profile shapes that were required by customers in Europe and Asia.
Workington Steel Works in Cumbria had Bessemer Converters to make high quality steel which eventually was made into steel railway lines. This video is about the time when Corus owned the plant. The Bessemer Converters closed but the rolling mills continued until 2000s
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[@BorderTerrier-yk2hw]

Toolmaking on a different planet.

[@ritatimsontimson4927]

So why was the plant closed ? Another case of West Cumbria been treated so badly with no replacement investment. Don’t hold your breath for the new promised mine at Whitehaven the so called green opposition have no thought for jobs in West Cumbria I say let’s live in the real world.

[@joshschneider9766]

That town is so metal it's literally named work lol. Hardcore. I want a job there lol

[@rosewhite---]

2:17 that office with its grim brown paint and faux sapele panelling hasn't been updated since Stalin was a lad!

[@joshschneider9766]

This is the end result of four hundred and fifty years of UK steelmaking evolution. now there's ridiculously huge numbers of starving people and little industry at all

[@manxman8008]

steel wasnt invented that long ago

[@ianhogg8777]

The plant was doomed once we joind the coal iron & steel confederation forerunner of the common market now the hated EU Former British Steel Coperation employee 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧