Taskforce recommends that Redcar's iconic blast furnace site should be dismantled The independent group say the structure should be pulled down to make way for regeneration, but campaigners say they'll continue to oppose 18:53, 15 JAN 2021 Updated Latest Teesside headlines straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice An independent taskforce has recommended that Redcar's iconic blast furnace should be dismantled. The heritage taskforce, set up by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, has concluded that the structure - which has overlooked Redcar since the late 1970s - should be pulled apart with any “materials and artefacts of industrial architecture being salvaged for memorials or displays".