Stahlwerk Hoesch Phoenix Dortmund Hörde Thyssen Krupp Steel Works 1/2

Part 1 of 2. Steel production in Dortmund-Hörde started in 1841 and ended in 2001. The facilities were sold to China, the buildings were torn down. This video is obviously a commercial spot in order to find a prospective buyer for all the facilities described here, dated around 1999/2000. After tearing down the remaining buildings the "Phoenix-See", an artificial lake, is built on the area and will be finished in 2011.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Stahlerzeugung
• Stahlproduktion
• Stahlherstellung
• steelmaking
• steel
• production
• steelworks
• Hermannshütte
• Hörder
• Fackel
• Ruhrgebiet

[murage2]

Which company in China bought this beautiful plant ??

[ausgeflippter]

@murage2 -

Angang Steel Company Ltd. bought it from Thyssen Krupp. They only took those parts which were worthwhile and seemed usable in the long term, older parts they left on site in Dortmund. At present I don't know where exactly in China the plant was built up again.

[RMCameron88]

@ausgeflippter "The sea voyage of the Thyssen Krupp steel mill ended 5,600 miles from Hörde at a small, windswept port on the alluvial bed of the lower Yangtze River... a few hundred yards inland from the riverbank, the plant had been reassembled." James Kynge : China Shakes the World (2006)

[ausgeflippter]

@RMCameron88

Thanks for the info!

[dcsiple]

I'd much rather have listened to the sounds of the factory than the annoying music track that's on it.

[ausgeflippter]

@dcsiple -

I totally agree! It's the "original Soundtrack" of this promotional video. I believe they wanted it to sound modern and somehow teutonic (hence that odd synth brass sound) to impress the Chinese. To me it sounds very mid-80s-like.

[kaivanfreak]

nach der stilllegung bin ich da mit nem kollegen rein und wir haben uns das alles angesehen - fast kein museum konnte da mit halten :D

[asprinc]

Geil da wahr ich auf montage!!! 1983

[joshrac07]

@ausgeflippter sounds a bit like super mario to me xD in the begining of the video that is :)

[dcsiple]

more like run-up music for an infomercial......