Photos courtesy of Mr B. Mackin

Blast Furnace House with Name-plate

Hoist gear for the Gjers Pneumatic Hoist_1964 – Hoist Built in 1871

Furnace Hoist built in 1872 1964 – Hoists Superstructure added at a later date

No. 2 Blast Furnace and Pneumatic Hoist 1964

View to the east from Furnace Charging Platform 1964

View from the Charging Platform at the No.2_1964 – Blast Furnace – Note the Original No.3 Furnace built of brick

View from charging platform of the Boiler Plant_1964 – No.2 Blast Furnace on the left – note the gas ‘Bleeder’

Blowing Engine Valve Gear for No’s 1&2 Engines_1964 – Built in 1871

No.2 Blast Furnace charging the Bell & Hopper_1964 – with Iron Making Materials – Iron Ore –  Coke & Dolomite

No.2 Blast Furnace charging the Bell & Hopper_1964 – with Iron Making Materials – Iron Ore –  Coke & Dolomite

Charger Sealing for No2 Furnace Bell with Breeze 1964

Lowering of Blast Furnace Bell 1964

Blast Furnace Bell Lowered 1964

No.2 Blowing Engine – Yates and Thompson_1964 – Was built in 1871 – The flywheel is on the 8 Ton Weight

Gjers Blowing Engines 1964

Gjers Pneumatic Wagon Hoist 1964 – built in 1871

Close up of a Pneumatic Wagon Hoist 1964

‘Mine’ or charging Barrow used to feed the Ore and Coke into the Blast Furnaces 1964

Loading the Charging Barrows -into the Hoist Platforms No.2 Blast Furnace 1964

Gjers Calcining Kiln 1871 – Later used only as 1964 – storage bins – A Mine Barrow of Ore being wheeled

Views of the Furnace Charging Platform 1964

View from the Furnace Top of the Pig Bedcrane_1964

View of the ‘Pig-Beds’ during a cast of Iron 1964

Pneumatic Wagon Hoist built in 1871 1964

View of the Hot Blast Stove Domes and Acklam Works 1964

View of the Blast Furnace Gantry_1964 – Gjers Cacining Kiln and Gjers Pnematic Wagon Hoist

Ayresome Ironworks 1964

Iron Manufacture