Molten Collection (#4)

Archean Landscape
An artists impression of an Archean landscape (3, 800 to 2, 500 million years ago), with the thin crust scarred by meteorite craters and dotted with pools of molten rock

Silver and copper works, Chile, South America

Molten aluminium ore being poured
Aluminium production. Molten aluminium ore being poured into an electrolysis cell. The ore is aluminium oxide (alumina) which is melted with a mixture of synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminium fluoride)

Formation of the Earth, artwork
Formation of the Earth. Artwork showing stages in the formation of the Earth, up to the present day. The Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago

Molten metal in a vat at the Magnitogorsk iron and steel works, one of the largest metal working plants in Russia. Magnitogorsk was named for its local mountain, Magnitnaya

Teeming (pouring) molten iron, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Iron is teemed from the crucible into moulds to make ingots

Molten steel being channelled at the Stanton Steel Works, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1962. Iron production had taken place in the Ilkeston area since Roman times

Testing temperature of molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Testing the temperature of molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. A steelworker tests the temperature of molten steel with an imersion pyrometer

Molten steel being poured into rail trucks at the Stanton Steelworks, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1962. The blast furnace at the steelworks

Teeming (pouring) molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1955. Molten being teemed into ingots

Molten steel, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, April 1955. Molten steel runs into a vessel prior to being teemed into ingots

Pouring molten iron into a Kaldo unit, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Teeming iron into ingots, J Beardshaw & Sons, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A steelworker in the process of teeming (pouring) molten iron into ingots

Casting a pole magnet, the Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Pouring small castings, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Pouring small castings, Edgar Allen Steel Co, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Molten steel can be seen cooling in the moulds after being poured

Casting at AT Green & Sons steel foundry, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Casting at AT Green & Sons steel foundry, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. A steelworker pours molten steel from the furnace as a mould is filled in the gackground

Testing the temperature of molten steel, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Steelworkers test the temperature of molten steel with an immersion pyrometer at the Park Gate Iron

Teeming (pouring) steel ingots, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

A steel pour at Newton Chambers, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971. Artist
A steel pour at Newton Chambers, Chapeltown, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1971. George Newton and Thomas Chambers entered into a partnership in 1789 that would result in the founding of one of

Pouring iron into a Kaldo unit, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. An iconic view of the T3 crucible pouring molten iron into a Kaldo unit

Teeming (pouring) molten iron, Brown Bayley Steels, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

75 ton arc furnace pouring molten steel into a vessel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1969

Pouring a 23 ton steel casting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968. Artist: Michael Walters
Pouring a 23 ton steel casting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1968

Pouring molten metal from a cupola into moulds, steel bath production, Hull, Humberside, 1965

Cutting off lead from a manganese chain casting, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965
Cutting off lead from a manganese chain casting, Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Casting a 1 in 14 rail crossing, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964

Teeming (pouring) molten iron at Edgar Allens steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964

Teeming iron in the Steel City, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. This is the process of pouring the molten metal to create the ingots

Pouring a small casting at Edgar Allens Steel foundry, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963

Checking the temperature of molten steel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Checking the temperature of molten steel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. To enable the temperature of molten steel to be taken, an immersion pyrometer has to be used

Pouring molten iron, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Pouring molten iron, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Molten metal being poured from a Kaldo furnace into a vessel

Teeming iron at Wombwell foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Teeming iron at Wombwell foundry, South Yorkshire, 1963. This is the process of pouring the molten metal to create the ingots. The foundry remained in operation until the 1980s

Steel pour from an electric arc furnace, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, Yorkshire, 1964
Steel pour from an electric arc furnace, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Design for mural, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Design for mural, 1941. Men at work in a factory pouring molten metal. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Glassmakers in the 14th century, (c1900). Fire in the artistic industry, French advertising for Liebig Meat Extract

Running the molten iron into the pigs, c1880. Iron foundry. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Puddlers at work, c1880. Artist: Swain
Puddlers at work, c1880. Workers in a foundry. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Decarburisation of pig iron in a Bessemer converter, 1900. Artist: Gehrke
Decarburisation of pig iron in a Bessemer converter, 1900

The front cover of Le Pays de France, 5 August 1915. Molten steel pouring in Creusot, France

Melting house at the Paris mint, 1892. Pouring gold into moulds to form standard ingots

Sectional view of the Earth, showing central fire and volcanoes, 1665. From Mundus Subterraneous by Athanasius Kircher

Rolling mills, Saint-Jacques works, Chatillon-Commentry Company, France, 1894. Men are wearing leggings and heavy leather aprons to protect them from contact with hot metal

Tapping a blast furnace and running molten iron into the pigs, c1885

Casting the cylinder of the Britannia Press at the Bank Quay Foundry, Warrington, 1851. Casting the cylinders for the hydraulic press (lift)

Casting a mortar at Grissells Regents Canal Ironworks, City Road, London, 1855. A Nasmyth safety ladle (invented 1838) is being used. From The Illustrated London News, December 29 1855

The foundry or cast house, Butterley Ironworks, Derbyshire, 1844. Tapping the furnace and casting iron into pigs. A manager in top hat and tail coat watches the procedure

Casting the bell for the Westminster Clock Tower, 1856. Tapping furnaces at Warner & Sons Barrett Furnaces, Stockton-on-Tees, England. From The Illustrated London News, August 23 1856

South Africa Cape Colony - Molten coal mine - Coal truck coming out of mine - miners sitting either side. Part of Box 169 Boswell Collection - South Africa Cape Colony. Date: circa 1900

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