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The room was humming harder as the ceiling blew away

Iron jungle

I used to be in the foundry business. Or to be more precise I sold supplies to them. One place I visited on the day where they had an instance where a golf ball sized drop of molten iron dropped straight into a workers head. It did not stop until it hit the floor. (edited version)

Rust never sleeps

I disagree on the background, Motts. It puts the stacks and furnace in a nice relief. The humid air gives the subject a very soft look in contrast to its hard, cold reality.

I agree Eldokid. Reminds me of a Turner watercolor.

Red skies in the morning, photographer take warning. I really like the light through the windows.

Morning has broken, love this shot.

Beautiful shot, I have dreamed about wandering around and photographing one of these sites. Alas, I have lived most of my life far away from them and they are mostly gone now.

Happy 2018 everyone. Not big on Christmas either, this year was a good one, spent it house and dog sitting for my parents. Just me and the husky, perfect.

Thank you so much for the new gallery! You have made my day. I discovered this site by doing a search for pics of blast furnaces. Yes, I have the Becher's book on them. Been an industrial & urbex geek for a long time.

This looks like Vitkovice complex in my city :)

Oh they are tearing it down. It figures, tearing it down for a casino! Thanks for the great picture tour. Take care.

Took the words right out of my mouth............great shot.

The amount of steel in this place is unbelievable. Guess it is not economically feasible to tear it down and recycle all of that metal.

NEAT shot.