{"id":226,"date":"2009-08-28T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2013-11-17T22:13:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T22:13:37","slug":"brymbo-steelworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/catchingphotons.co.uk\/blog\/industrial\/brymbo-steelworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Brymbo Steelworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a steelworks in Brymbo, near Wrexham, for over 200 years. The site is now being redeveloped, but some original areas remain &#8211; officially heritage areas, but very little seems to be happening to save them.<\/p>\n<p>Deep in a wooded valley, a loading platform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3882038261\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3510\/3882038261_c4ebd8786f_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->In a stone building with a dodgy floor, I found the pattern store.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3882061223\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3518\/3882061223_233196a626_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3882086469\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2436\/3882086469_12707eff25_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some giant crucibles sit on a little bit of railtrack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3882909900\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2425\/3882909900_e48a0df5fb_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3882918076\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3524\/3882918076_41f061f2cf_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3882137641\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3432\/3882137641_08780ee196_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The engine was missing from this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3882143391\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2621\/3882143391_b1b9cac417_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two blast furnace chimneys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3882951392\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2553\/3882951392_104313f043_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a giant wooden pattern as tall as me &#8211; the mould for the inside of a crucible I think.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cycleologist\/3882171815\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3425\/3882171815_f762b0b7a8_z.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a steelworks in Brymbo, near Wrexham, for over 200 years. 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