Mothballed Steel Mill [ROTHERHAM]

[Rotax]

Hi chaps,
Its my first report so bare with me, its a bit photo heavy but here goes!!

Somewhere around 2000-2004 the steelworks spent roughly £90million on improving a new site across the river & between this & a plant in sheffield made something like 700 men redundant, Thus mothballing what your about to see......

From time to time my job takes me into the factories & foundrys of sheffield & rotherham, I managed to evade capture & by using my mobile phone camera, bring you this report!!!!

Theres alot more i have'nt got, but its harder to get to. Will report to you with more when i can get it.........

Thanks for looking, Rotax

 

[Simon-G]

Hi Rotax, thanks for posting your pics they are excellent look forward to seeing the rest when you get them.

Simon-G

 

[Reaperman]

That looks great, I Love the noticeboard in the second to last shot which is still labeled up with the British steel logo. I would be really interested to know more about this place (maybe via PM) It's somewhere I would be extremely keen to take a look at in person.

Rm

 

[King Al]

Cool pics mate, looks like a realy interesting place. also if you don't mind me asking what phone do you have? the camera looks realy good

 

[tims]

I take it you only got into one area, how much more is there?

 

[sheep2405]

Very nice, looks well worth a visit.

S

 

[Foxylady]

Very interesting looking place. Enjoyed your pics and report.
Sorry about my ignorance, but the large cylindrical tanks...are they the furnaces? Not seen any like that before.

Cheers

 

[Rotax]

Hi King Al,

Thanks for the compliments, & the phone is a Sony Ericsson w850i

Cheers Rotax

 

[Rotax]

Hi Tims & Foxylady,
From what i can gather from google maps etc the site lookes about a sq mile, so there's alot more to see, most of it live though!! Me & my fellow explorer Merlin have got more reports to put together & post. you'll have to watch for them! The furnaces you see were for coils of wire on top of eachother i think, if anyone knows anything else please let me know,

Thanks for looking etc, Rotax

 

[Braveheart1984]

Nice pics Rotax