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THIS week’s object is actually a whole room full of objects related to the steel industry. The recreated works locker room will have been very familiar to thousands across of industrial workers across the region for generations. The room has pride of place at the award-winning Steel Stories exhibition at Kirkleatham Museum, near Redcar, which was created after designers talked to steelworkers and former steelworkers following the closure of the SSI steelworkers in Redcar in 2015. The room has recently been ‘refreshed’ in time for the museum’s reopening to make it more interactive and is filled with the sights, sounds and even smells or the plant environment. ....
By Rachel Conner-Hill echorachelc Chief Reporter (Tees Valley & North Yorkshire) The Teeswork Heritage Taskforce has recommended dismantling the blast furnace on the former SSI steelworks site in Redcar A HERITAGE taskforce is recommending Redcar’s iconic blast furnace should be dismantled – but say they will continue to look at how it can preserve other structures. The Teesworks Heritage Taskforce has completed its report looking at how to preserve Teesside’s history of iron and steelmaking on the former SSI site in Redcar. It was set up in September by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen as part of wider plans to regenerate the site following the closure of the steelworks in 2015. ....
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 memo ....