This seems to be the outside of the open hearth plant at the Malleable. The round pots or ladles seem to be smaller editions of those we used at Dorman Long. These were used to hold the molten steel when it is tapped out of the furnaces. The steel is then “teemed” out of the bottom of the ladles into ingot moulds. The rectangular shaped waggons were probably for holding the molten slag.
The picture seems to show one of the shifts of melters, who would have worked on the open hearth steel making furnaces at the Malleable. The men can be recognised by their “sun glasses”, which let through the blue and red rays of light, and with experience, allow the furnace temperature to be estimated. Another clue is the white towels, around some of the men”s throats, which were used to protect them from the heat during repair to the furnaces.The open hearth plant shut down in 1951-3 I think and the works turned over to producing pipes for the Trans Canada Pipeline. My great grandfather worked in the Malleable when it produced wrought iron. He lost almost all of his sight since mill scale hit him in the face and was out of work from about 1906 onwards. The last job my grandfather, Mr Thomas Starr, had was on the lime kilns. These were used to help refined the steel during the open hearth process. I went on to work at Dorman Long from 1961-66 spending a lot of time in the open hearth plants at Cleveland and Lackenby.
My grandfather worked at Malleable. He was something to do with managing personnel. His name was Albert Robinson, but I understand everyone called him “Old Bugger Robinson”. I would be interested if anyone out there could give me more information.
My father worked here post war until he was made redundant and went to the Thompson boiler plant at ICI. I vividly remember as a young, but legal drinker in the 60″s, the “steelies” coming into the Brown Jug on Norton bank. Three things stick in my memory:- (1)Regular drinkers always cleared the area round the bar so the 2 x 10 shift men could get their drinks. (2) The first pint that those lads drank used to go down without touching the sides. (3) The trays of freshly pulled halves, in pint glasses, that resided below the bar to quench those thirsts,waiting to be filled, taken with salt tablets. After the short stint at ICI he went back to the steel industry at Dorman Long on the Redcar trunk road. For a while, when I was older & working at ICI Wilton we worked across the road from each other till his death.
How certain are you of the date… could it be much earlier? The man stood to the left of the group could be my Grandfather John Castelow.
This seems to be the outside of the open hearth plant at the Malleable. The round pots or ladles seem to be smaller editions of those we used at Dorman Long. These were used to hold the molten steel when it is tapped out of the furnaces. The steel is then “teemed” out of the bottom of the ladles into ingot moulds. The rectangular shaped waggons were probably for holding the molten slag.
The picture seems to show one of the shifts of melters, who would have worked on the open hearth steel making furnaces at the Malleable. The men can be recognised by their “sun glasses”, which let through the blue and red rays of light, and with experience, allow the furnace temperature to be estimated. Another clue is the white towels, around some of the men”s throats, which were used to protect them from the heat during repair to the furnaces.The open hearth plant shut down in 1951-3 I think and the works turned over to producing pipes for the Trans Canada Pipeline. My great grandfather worked in the Malleable when it produced wrought iron. He lost almost all of his sight since mill scale hit him in the face and was out of work from about 1906 onwards. The last job my grandfather, Mr Thomas Starr, had was on the lime kilns. These were used to help refined the steel during the open hearth process. I went on to work at Dorman Long from 1961-66 spending a lot of time in the open hearth plants at Cleveland and Lackenby.
My great Grandfather Moses Hughes was the conductor of the Malleable Steel Works Choir. Cerca 1910 – 1920. Does anyone have any photo”s of the choir?
My grandfather worked at Malleable. He was something to do with managing personnel. His name was Albert Robinson, but I understand everyone called him “Old Bugger Robinson”. I would be interested if anyone out there could give me more information.
My father worked here post war until he was made redundant and went to the Thompson boiler plant at ICI. I vividly remember as a young, but legal drinker in the 60″s, the “steelies” coming into the Brown Jug on Norton bank. Three things stick in my memory:- (1)Regular drinkers always cleared the area round the bar so the 2 x 10 shift men could get their drinks. (2) The first pint that those lads drank used to go down without touching the sides. (3) The trays of freshly pulled halves, in pint glasses, that resided below the bar to quench those thirsts,waiting to be filled, taken with salt tablets. After the short stint at ICI he went back to the steel industry at Dorman Long on the Redcar trunk road. For a while, when I was older & working at ICI Wilton we worked across the road from each other till his death.