Chinese Steam 2011 - Beitai Steelworks 3
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2012
- A worker undertakes the dusty job of removing the accumulated ash from the track at the loco fire cleaning area. A SY pushes vats of molten slag past past the 'dry pit' to the 'pond' tipping area. Before tipping can take place the crust that has formed on top of the slag must be broken with a large iron ball. As the molten slag is tipped into the water a vast quantity of steam is produced.
The partially emptied cauldrons are then moved forward for the remainder of the molten slag and the hard crust to be tipped out. Sometimes a few knocks by the iron ball is required to help the process along. After having release agent sprayed into the vats they are returned to the furnaces for another load. Meanwhile the slag is quenched with water and then pushed by bulldozer onto a conveyor. In the conveyor shed a worker sits beside the belt apparently pushing random lumps off the belt. The crushed slag is used in the production of cement.
Filmed December 2011
Thank you for filming and posting. Soon no one will be using steam engines anywhere and videos like this will be the last ones shot in high resolution color. People may not appreciate that now but in a hundred years they will.
Great camera work to show steam locomotives still at work in high resolution. It won't be the same once the diesels take over. So this is recorded for posterity. Well done!
Incredible. Great work!!!
Absolutely amazing thank you for sharing !
I’d love to see the engines preserved. These workhorses have been through a lot. They belong in a museum!
Superb video. I hope more rail fans explore your videos. Steam hard at work, dirt and grime at its best. Your video captures the real nature of steam.
The slag tapped from the bottom of the Beitai blast furnaces is not basic slag. Basic slag used a fertiliser is a by-product of steel making by the basic version of the Bessemer process.
You have not disappointed. Excellent video !
fantastic footage. thank you
Beautiful camera work and sound, and very interesting subject.
Ah, so this is where the raw materials for my eco e-scooter, LED bulbs and electric car are made!
There's nothing "counterfeit" about the hard work these Chinese people perform.
Fascinating viewing, as always.
Pittsburgh has definitely come a long way since the early 1900s. You can still see the scars left from slag dumps and steel mills decades after they've been torn down.
Very interesting! I enjoyed the video very much. Thanks
What Pennsylvania used to look like.
00:55 This is Hell. Amazing. Nice video, thank you.
Very Nice Vedeo !
Absolutely amazing! The Chinese are such hard working and industrious people exhibiting such fine examples of human ingenuity. I admire them for retaining steam motive power well into the 21st century. Despite the advantages of diesels, use of steam hasn't seemed to adversely effect China's competitive edge.
Camera work is beautiful.
Excellent video!
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