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Description: | The white 'bustle main' (or 'bustle pipe') can be seen at the top of the photograph. This was a very large diameter pipe which encircled the blast furnace (like a doughnut) and carried the hot blast. Attached to the main pipe were curved pipes called 'goose necks' which connect to the 'tuyeres' (old French for 'pipes'), feeding hot blast into the furnace. On the end of each 'tuyere' was a sight glass that was tinted dark blue to allow furnace workers to see inside the furnace. Centre right can be seen blue flames around the lower casing of the furnace (called the 'bosh'). These flames represent the presence of carbon gas (CO) which has been ignited and left to burn off harmlessly. Above the flames is the water trough which collects cooling water running down the bosh casing (the water can be seen as dark lines above the trough). To the left above the table is the runner from the slag notch. In the background under the light, is the equipment used to drill into the taphole when casting the furnace. It is on an arm swung out of the way. Photograph taken by Andrew Simpson when he was a Commercial Trainee in the blast furnace office at Bilston Steelworks. At this time, the Blast Furnace Manager was David Hunter and his assistant was Archie Woolley. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | A. J. Simpson | Subjects: | Photograph Iron and steel industry Photographs Steelworks | Temporal: | Dec 1972 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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