BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 07:25:00
To shower untold wealth on the teesside seaside. archive: the first molten iron to be tapped from the furnace _ is expected tomorrow. at its heart was the redcar blast furnace, an industrial colossus, which stood 365 feet tall and dominated the skyline. as europe's second largest blast furnace, it produced 3.6 million tonnes of iron a year, which was then taken away and turned into steel. but that was then. now it stands rusting and idle, a monument to a declining industry, which remains a source of immense pride to those who toiled in it. well, this is a major piece of two sides' industrial h...