Blast Furnace
These pictures of blast furnace 'C' were taken in 1995 several
months before the plant closed. The Garden State Central model railroad club,
which models the mill on its layout, was given a complete tour of the plant. We were allowed
to take pictures almost anywhere we wanted to.
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| A picture taken from the furnace already shut down, looking at furnace 'C' the last one to stay hot. | The main stairway into the casting house. |
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| Another side shot of 'C'. | and another. |
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| A good shot showing how the base flares into the main section. | A shot looking down the high line after coming out the backdoor of the furnace onto the high line. If you look closelyyou can just make out a charging larry in the distance. |
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| Approaching 'C' which has a hot metal car being filled. We are being led by our guide, the night supervisor of this furnace. | A shot of one of casting house of one of the other furnaces. You can see the differences |