Hot Metal Pour at Bethlehem Steel

[bigdan45322]

I have a Forman that works with me at ak steel that came drone there he is one hell of a guy. I really like my job helping make steel even though I'm not at the blast furnace but over making coke for it.

[putneylane]

love how the men at about 2:20 sit down and just think, "yeah...ive done this about 1000 times...gonna sit back, have a sammich, and wait 'till she's done emptying..."

[xilix]

What the hell is in that smoke? I can't imagine that being good at all to breathe. But damn that looks like one hell of an awesome job. Just being in there must be cool.

[CrocOnDeck]

um...

[zaktanowns123]

i drive by bethlehem steel everyday to school. my grandfather worked there for almost all his life. when bethlehem steel started dieng, buffalo did too.

[Rainhill1829]

Things just wont be the same without old Beth around. Anyone notice all the shipyards are gone too?

[trahcceb]

Another Nordic Metal band is born!!!

[SittingMooseShaman]

...killed by post WW2 scab Nazis and/or their student/graduates(law-lib arts-poli sci-soc eng-govt) who went on to poison the U.S. govt... and our economy- They ARE the scab which formed over the wound of WW2 Euro-Socialism- Hitler & Stalin were merely anomalies! The  real founders of Eurasian socialism were murdered by these 2 assholes- However, Eurasian socialism is still, a poison to our Constitution and way of life. They prize saving snails and minnows B4 OUR JOBS!

the "Left" IS "NAZI!!!"

[Gasoline500]

they should film DIRTY JOBS here with MIKE ROWE!! have him work 10 feet from this firey lake of hell like these guys do. now that would be something to watch!!!!

[southern4501isawesom]

when Bethlehem Steel died... america died..... :( r.i.p. Bethlehem Steel

[notalott]

@southern4501isawesom so true.. it was a sad moment in this neck of the woods when they shut down the home plant. 16 years already! :-/

[AlexandrVideo]

We have a old equipment too. See my video.

[reigninoel]

Shit, that is just awesome. I'm not a steelworker, merely a lowly zinc foundry worker. I just try to imagine the heat those guys on the floor are exposed to.

PS, as I'm not into steel/iron pouring I don't know, but I sort of wondered about the length of that funnel. Won't that suck out an excessive amount of heat from the metal? A clogup there would really suck, I imagine.

[SativaIndica78]

I've watched this countless times and it never gets old. Respect to all Steelworkers past and present.

[HCGLondon]

The only thing that's as fascinating to watch as steel making is molten glass being poured.

[morpheusduvall]

It saddens me to see pictures of the closed furnaces, and to think now it's just retail space. The very steel and the true American working man simply brushed to the side. I got a strong respect for those guys, and only wish I coulda worked alongside them. I can only hope maybe on day in my life scenes like that will emerge here again.

[brimac70]

what comes out of the mudgun to stop the flow?

[daRealZaZu]

@brimac70 The tap hole is plugged by a machine called a mud gun, the mud gun is loaded by hand with "mud" which is a high grade refractory that does not melt under the intense heat.

[SittingMooseShaman]

... US heavy industry presently, is kind of @ the same place Europe/Japans' was @ the end of WW2: Ruins. What wasn't bombed to bits was outdated, or financially ruined... Time to rebuild. Me? Though I'm ill... I've a small forge, anvil, hammers and a vision- We started w/"Cottage Industry" Let's return to this! We're only ~20% of Chinas' export economy, fercryin'outloud!!

Fuck the elitists & THEIR "Service Economy" they have slated for 'us.' "Us," being "We the People!"

"We" don't need 'them!'

[gattosub]

This is the heart and soul of America. Glory be to the furnace, the forge, and the Beesmer converter: Amen.

[Mlwtca]

Better watch you step in that place thats for sure.

[badass081978]

my grandfather. ANDREW SCHRAMKO. was the first person to tap the oxygen furnace there at BETHLEHAM STEEL. he worked there from 1935 and retired in 1979. it is so sad to no that there is know a casino on that land that was once bethleham steel. he worked in the open harth.

[TeravoltOrg]

Ahh back when my city didn't suck...

[Metal4200]

THanks for the video fucking badass.



[jameswoolsey]

It is amazing how close some of the workers get to all of that.

[helstontvx]

its all made by folks working for a bowl of rice a day nowadays

[YZ0007]

My father emigrate and worked hard, few money in this fire.

I HATE the name of the company Bethlehem Steel, I know the story.

The video remember me the hard work of my father.

Bethlehem Steel remember me the dark story the different boss of that company.

[kitfoxflyer]

good video

[weav8060]

real action starts 4:39

[heiltruckfan]

wow. creepy lookin' blast furnace. id prefer to work outside and drive one of those slag application wheel loaders, or a slag pot, ladle, or slab carrier.

[12valvepower1]

can anyone else access their groups, on their channel. i cant.. so is there something im not doing

[12valvepower1]

norilsk nickel

[middsteve]

Worked at a much smaller steel mill in OHIO and the process still fascinates me to this day. Miss the guys I worked with and the job a little.

[DeerCountry2012]

Man I miss bethlehem steel and so does half the valley. Now they come in rip it up and put a casino in. Im pissed

[loxi59tica]

Awesome footage.

[sahil156in]

i worked in corex

corex is very dangerous and complex as compared to blast furnace

[WaterfrontBoss]

Yeah its pretty damn hot it gets sent out to our LMF right at 3,000 degrees b4 it reaches Castor to be sent through the molds and cooled into few different size square billets than over to the billet yard and on to the rolling mill, what most of the other vids on here is about. It's deff site to be around an see, We use the three H's everything is Heavy Hot Hard But love my job would not trade it for a thing

[joesey68]

I want to thank you guy's for all your hard work my father work at the plant in Lackawanna, NY i never knew what you guy's dealt with everyday you guy's made it possible for us to go to college and not have to do this Thank you from the bottom of my heart , my dad is gone he died in 1988 but he is missed and i have a chance because you guy's doing this for us God bless every one of you.

[johnnywad1959]

I spent a lifetime in this industry (30yrs) We were paid pretty good (??) but the work was dirty,hot,heavy and most of all DANGEROUS. Once you got used to the procedure,it still was dangerous,but it also became second nature. I've had close friends burnt VERY BADLY.Others who lost limbs.Saddest of all when I was there when three of my co-workers were killed. Dangerous? You're DAMN RIGHT.

[xLazyb0nex]

@johnnywad1959 Fuckin A man. We eat, breath, and shit safety procedures and yet it's still dangerous as fuck.

[2fanradio]

is very dangerous for eyes,and electric welding is dangerous for eyes blindness,is very serious,electric welding and bethlehem steel is dangerous for eyes,for peoples,for yes busdrivers,truckers,trains,car­s,is dangerous for eyes in bethlehem steel,pa

[BadCivilServant]

I think of guys like you every time I drive over the Skyway Bridge past USS Hamilton works (formerly Stelco).

That's got to be tough work. Frightening, even.

[12valvepower1]

nice. hell itself

[eyezopennow]

Is in dangerous to work at the furnace?

[12valvepower1]

80 hours a week. fire and ash. good money though

[12valvepower1]

the west coast was built by rail. and the rail was built by this stuff. yes yes.

[adnanafif]

When I started in 1974 we had 4 Blast furnaces, and I worked there until they shut the furnaces down in 1995.

[Saumen1halder]

@adnanafif  You gave your life to steel! Cheers

[asderso]

@adnanafif bless you mighty worker, respect for your work !!!

[adnanafif]

Worked there on that Furnace for many years, it's a job and sombody have to do it. I am glad I was part of it.

[javinNazir]

You worked at that steel furnace

[keni216]

@adnanafif i salute you sir, you are a rare breed and sad to say a dying breed. My children (if i have any) and their children will most likely read about the american steel industry in their history books and the teachers will most likely talk it down and tell them that it was a drag on the environment and that its a good thing that is gone..... well hopefully that doesnt happen and maybe congress will pull their heads out that thing we call our ass

[pumpkinhead4449]

@adnanafif thank you for the work you did in that furnace, my fellow Americans and i are in great debt to you and your co-workers, although barley any realize it. what exactly was your position ?

[alexi626]

And to think... It's a casino now...

[notalott]

well... thankfully, not this portion...

[hanysk]

Hochtief

[Barnekkid]

That was really interesting. Thanks.

[torturetactics]

In Sweden we don'nt use silvercoats :P Just flameproof jackets or shirts. Cool blastfurnace though. Too bad the steel industry has hit rock bottom in the financial crisis. Horrific amounts of people have lost their jobs at the mills because of it. But once a steelworker, always a steelworker. It is such a special job. Despite the heat and the smoke I could not imagine another job I would go to with a smile on my face. Cheers and good fortune to all of you steelworkers out there!

[iParatrooper]

@torturetactics Hells Yes Once a Steel Worker always a Steel Worker!!

[GrotesqueMACHINERY]

@torturetactics

You mean, unemployed steelworkers out there, including me!

[MonLineProductions]

nice videos

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

How long would it take with this "mud Gun" to end a pour, as shown here.

[adnanafif]

@xxxDeath9572xxx It takes from start to finish about 2 minutes to shut the taphole in with the mud gun.

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

Thanks for the explanation. My Grandfather was a worker at the old National Tube Works in McKeesport, PA

[notalott]

My neighbor worked there until he was transferred to baltimore... now he's done with beth steel.. (well everyone is...)

[citadelofchaos]

should be tapping the door of safety . Nice little pour , but the place is horrendous , i've have seen bigger melts and better safety working enviroment , asking for and accident there, and safety is no accident, jees can't you tell i'm a safety rep for a steel making company, nice vid though .

[yianni3510]

That furnace is way behind the times, dirty and god damn dangerous.we had conditions like that over 50 years ago.today we have enclosed covers, dedusting to remove the dust and tilting spouts to change ladles....that furnace wouldnt be allowed to operate in australia today, i work on no5 blast furnace in port kembla australia...

[ProfessorIgor]

that furnace doesn't exist anymore (sadly)

[yianni3510]

that furnace and many others around the world dont exist anymore...and the reason for that is old tecnnology, , poor steel prices and cheap imported steel from asia....

[ProfessorIgor]

in reality, the blast furnace itself is little changed in over 100 years. The only significant changes are for envornmental controls, the rotating hopper & liquid cooled jacket... but the basic premise remains. This footage is rather old I am guessing. OSHA here in the states wouldn't allow this kind of a tap today.

[MissUltima]

Amazing stuff! I've always been fascinated by these places but the buggers in the UK insist on padding them with big grassy banks and trees. Urm, hello, if you want that stuff, go live in the Cotswolds. And let us folks with an industrial fetish enjoy the view of things far more exciting than billowing blades of grass!! Take note, Corus!

[kdjfnvjvd]

I agree! Sometimes the mills are tough on us but what we do is awesome! I'm a continuous caster operator in a "mini-mill"(beta steel) and the EAF and LMF are about 50ft to my north, so I get to see shit blow up all the time when I'm not cleaning up breakout steel!

[bstep13]

that has got to be soooo hot!!!

[IntoGear]

Hell yeah, I know the guys wear heat reflective gear when working close to the hot stuff but damned... all that smoke and sparks... they must still flinch. Hope they wear respirators.

[Schublade103]

I'm not gonnna lie, that looks like hell.

[godisdead132]

welcome to it :D

[aflacduky]

old school but cool

[p1verme]

Not all blast furnace cast houses are this dirty. Modern plants have sunken hot metal and slag runners, with covers on, and working surfaces are kept clean throughout the day.

On the other hand, the smell of SOx coming off the slag takes your breath away - literally!

[Hiei2k7]

Especially the revamped Sterling Steel...Formerly Northwestern Steel and Wire, but now completely all-electric.

[ProfessorIgor]

this is the best footage of a pour and the cast house in general that I have ever seen. Thank you very much !!

[HaraldFinster]

thanks for sharing this (unfortunately historic) video!

Harald

[SteffanLlwyd]

Wonderful. I have not seen steelmaking, but I used to visit the melting plant of a big foundry in Derby (Ley's Malleable Iron Co). I loved it, the smells as well as the sights. They are not noisy places, which surprised me, but the grinding shop was extreme for noise. Gone now, but my thanks go to the workers and managers we met.

[dlabby2002]

great video, thanks for showing us what's it like to work in the cast house... That reminds me of a tour in the steel mill (National Steel Corp. in Ecorse Michigan, the mill is now U.S.S. owned) I had when I was a kid...

[wvrust]

Great video, I used to work on a BF a few years ago. Was hot hard work but not too bad.

[cajun269]

This is magnificant work would like to see more. Thanks Jules

S.Corbin

[rinusrunning]

Nice movie from the blast furnce.Only the dust is not so nice I think?.

Rinus from Holland and works by Corus steel company..

[easternpa]

great stuff i'm glad somebody has video's like this to show our youth how this Country was built.