Another photograph taken from a glass plate of the original Talbot Tilting furnace with 240 tons capacity, the largest in Europe when built about 1910. This pit side view shows the furnace under repair, the port ends which were movable have been drawn back. The “lander” – the tap hole chute sticking out of the middle of the furnace – has the brick lining removed. On the right of photograph is a large steel casting ladle, with a skull (scrap steel) on the lip. To the left are two slag ladles full of furnace debris. Next is a small charging ladle used to pour molten pig iron into the furnace from the charging side. On each side of the lander, a cage is suspended from the furnace by two pivoted arms allowing the cages to go up and down with the tilting. A shelter can be seen on the cages near the lander, to protect the melters throwing in the charges of coal, manganese, silicon etc. This varied according to specification.
Image and information courtesy of Eric Johnson.
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