Ebbw Vale, The Steelworks c.1960
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Ebbw Vale was one of the first steelworks. Bessemer steel was produced here as early as 1866, and this process continued until the last Bessemer blow in 1962. The Bessemer industrial process of rendering cast iron malleable by the introduction of air into the fluid metal to remove carbon was an improved iron smelting process that produced large quantities of ingots of superior quality. (Modern steel is made using technology based on Bessemer's process) This photograph was taken as the Bessemer era was finally coming to an end. After a successful history of making iron, the furnaces ceased production in 1974.
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