Thank you. Incredible footage. Unrivalled viewing platform on a good day in this borough.
@AMDronephotography
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@lisk3822
Жыл бұрын
No two blast furnaces ever look alike.
@rogerb5615
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of home (Pittsburgh PA) some 20 years ago. Depressing, now the UK and the US have to rely on China for most of our steel needs.
@AMDronephotography
2 жыл бұрын
It is depressing, over 160 years of steel making in our area. Steel from Teesside has built famous bridges around the world such as the Sydney Harbour bridge. The price of world steel used to be set here. It is sad that a flood of cheap steel from the likes of China and India have devastated our industries.
@stillightdronephotography
Жыл бұрын
Andy, I've just watched this again today, great filming. I filmed the remains of the PCI plant again this morning and wow, what a difference a year makes !
@AMDronephotography
Жыл бұрын
Cheers, yes I got a shock. I think it’s because the explosive blowdown’s are fresh in my mind, but there’s so much more that’s be taken down by machines.
@strongbowism
3 ай бұрын
We had No. 2 and No. 3 Blasts in Llanwern back in the day , I thought No. 3 was big but that Redcar Blast was one huge mother 😮 Such a shame it's no more like Llanwern and the forthcoming debacle that's happening in Port Talbot and Scunthorpe 😡
@AMDronephotography
3 ай бұрын
I believe there were going to be 3 at Redcar, only one was built. It was once Europe’s largest blast furnace and stood 365 feet in height. Skyline looks strange without the steelworks, and there’s plans to bring steel making back in the form of an electric arc furnace. It’s a long fall from grace, Middlesbrough had 58 furnaces by 1866. I see what Scunthorpe and Port Talbot are going through and it’s sadly so familiar. I believe steel making is a strategic asset.
@davidbarwick5319
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting for people to see the scale of it 🤔👍
@northstar1950
Жыл бұрын
The folly of governments, the steel industry should have been subsidised instead of letting foreign interests get their dirty fingers on it.
@AMDronephotography
Жыл бұрын
I agree, I think it’s a strategic asset to be able to make your own steel.
@gnescom
Жыл бұрын
Everything the government touches turns to shit.
@richarddutchholland4780
9 ай бұрын
@@AMDronephotography the UK doesn’t have a manufacturing base to be able to use all the steel we once made. Im in Port Talbot and our plant is a 5 million ton maximum and it’s barely able to pump out 3 million ton when the majority of Chinese plant are around 10 million ton yield plants. We were once the kings of the steel industry but other third world countries have now grown into industrial giants
@davidbarwick5319
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting for people to see the scale of it 🤔👍😉Well done
@AMDronephotography
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks David! When it’s gone, it’s gone, I just wanted a record of it, it’s a massive site.
@MandrakeRoots
Жыл бұрын
I was on a reline at Sparrows Point, USA...they dug deep into the furnace and found out they needed to replace the carbon block floor...just before the reline they sold the custom cut carbon block floor to China....to make this short...they had to buy it back sat a hefty price and fed ex it on planes back over...Sparrows Point is no longer.😕
@AMDronephotography
Жыл бұрын
Yeah that sounds like a cock up. Cheap steel from China & India has been the death of many steelworks.
@DavidHuber63
Жыл бұрын
Madness! 👍🏻 for as long as the money holds out
@WAL_DC-6B
Жыл бұрын
Was this shot near Birmingham, Alabama? Nobody seems to know!
@AMDronephotography
Жыл бұрын
Hi there! This is the former steelworks at Redcar in the North East of England.
@WAL_DC-6B
Жыл бұрын
@@AMDronephotography Thanks for setting the geographical record straight!
@aaronyoung5797
Жыл бұрын
hi brilliant video of the whole site especially when u see it all gone now must be sad for all the people that work there for so many years. I think scunthorpe will go the same way in the not to distant future so sad
@AMDronephotography
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Aaron 👍🏻 yes the local skyline has changed forever, bringing to a close of iron and steel making in this area for over 170.
@aaronyoung5797
Жыл бұрын
@MrAndymc69 it's such a shame so many years of steel making all gone we are not so great Britain any more I work in a small brass foundry my self but times are getting very hard for us atm
@AMDronephotography
Жыл бұрын
@@aaronyoung5797 sorry to hear that, seems there won’t be any heavy industry before long. My Grandad was a brass moulder, he worked in the shipyards on the Tees.
@mattstarr8203
Жыл бұрын
that is a good size blast furnace
@AMDronephotography
Жыл бұрын
Yes it’s 365ft tall and was the largest in Europe when built.
@sparkdog44
Жыл бұрын
An amazing amount of steel went into building a plant to make steel.
Hi, I'm a musician from the Co Durham. I'm creating a music video for a track I've written and wondered whether you'd allow me to use a few seconds from your brilliant video. I would credit you in the video end credits. I should add that I make no money from the music. Thanks John.
@AMDronephotography
2 ай бұрын
Hi John, thanks for asking, yes I don’t mind you using some of my footage. Good luck with your music 👍🏻
@andrewzinner9178
3 жыл бұрын
Do you know if there gonna leave it standing or tear it down. I really hope they leave it standing
@AMDronephotography
3 жыл бұрын
It’s all marked for demolition and redevelopment, but some want the blast furnace to remain as a historical landmark.
@parsuramgope9938
Жыл бұрын
Inside view
@xl_wraith_lx5595
3 жыл бұрын
how easy is access in to this place... from an urbex point of view :-) any security or contruction companies in there yet ??
@AMDronephotography
3 жыл бұрын
There’s an interior security fence, didn’t see any security but I was outside on the roadside. I think people have already been inside the site.
@xl_wraith_lx5595
3 жыл бұрын
yes there has been many infiltrations to this site over the years.. there is actually a security patrol vehicle in this video if you look closely :-) 5:10 you can see it come in to view under the pipe on the left... i missed it the first time... its just nice to see a recent up to date view of it.. im just trying to work out whether any construction companies or demo crews have arrived in large volumes yet..
@dDAMKErkk
8 ай бұрын
Tahk yuo
@jonmunch3298
Жыл бұрын
This is what happens when you fail to change.
@AMDronephotography
Жыл бұрын
It’s a sad casualty of not being able to produce steel as cheaply as the likes of China & India
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