Slag Collection

Unemployed miners, Cilfynydd, Pontypridd
Unemployed miners at Cilfynydd near Pontypridd in South Wales. They watch the buckets tipping slag in case any lumps of coal can be found. Date: circa 1936

Phoenix Iron and Bridge Works, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, 1873 engraving
530436 Phoenix Iron and Bridge Works, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, 1873 engraving; (add.info.: Putting ball of white-hot iron into a rotary squeezer to remove the slag and cinder)

A sectional view of a blast furnace, showing fuel being added at the top, while at the bottom the furnace is being
5311242 A sectional view of a blast furnace, showing fuel being added at the top, while at the bottom the furnace is being worked to allow slag to run off

Coal dumping plant, Conneaut, Ohio, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Coal dumping plant, Conneaut, Ohio, ca 1900

Coal dumping machine, Ashtabula, Ohio, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown
Coal dumping machine, Ashtabula, Ohio, ca 1900

Bonbonnière, between 1782 and 1789. Creators: Ecole Francaise, Unknown
Bonbonniere, between 1782 and 1789

Gold Mine Headgear - Witwatersrand (East) - South Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Steel Works, Cargo Fleet, Middlesbrough, Teesside, Circa 1960. Rolling angle girders

National Coal Strike of 1912 - searching through slag heap
The National Coal Strike of 1912 - searching through slag heap for pieces of coal to burn.. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom

Man on coal spoil tip Blaenavon, South Wales
A man walks along the edge of a coal spoil tip above council houses in Blaenavon, South Wales. 1988

The Oven or Kiln, Chepy Brickworks, Marne department, France
The Oven or Kiln, Chepy Brickworks (Briqueterie) - Marne department in north-eastern France. Date: circa 1907

Slag run-off from one of the open hearth furnaces... Republic Steel Corp. Youngstown, Ohio, 1941
Slag run-off from one of the open hearth furnaces of a steel mills, Republic Steel Corp. Youngstown, Ohio. Slag is drawn off the furnace just before the molten steel is poured into ladles for

Slag run-off from open hearth furnace, Republic Steel Corp. Youngstown, Ohio, 1941. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Slag run-off from open hearth furnace, Republic Steel Corp. Youngstown, Ohio

Old Stabling (the Black Castle) of copper slag built by Mr
2832509 Old Stabling (the Black Castle) of copper slag built by Mr. Reeve at Arnos Vale, Brislington (pencil & w/c on paper) by Rowbotham

Pig casting at the Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Pig iron being teemed (poured) into ingots at the Park Gate Iron & Steel Co in Rotherham

Tees Iron Works - Running Off Slag, 1919. Artist: Hood & Co. Ltd
Tees Iron Works - Running Off Slag, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXI. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Potash slag heap near Fulda, Neuhof, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Slag Heap
A vast slag heap at the Grove Colliery, in the Cannock Chase coalfield, 6th July 1946. Original Publication : Picture Post - 4111 - The Hungry Pit Of Norton Canes - pub

Iron-smelting furnace, artwork
Iron-smelting furnace. Artwork of the structure of a traditional smelting furnace. This stone or brick structure is filled with iron ore and coke (fuel with a high carbon content) and ignited

Slag heap and mining complex around Loos February 18
Slag heap and mining complex around Loos. February 18. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force

MINER STRIKE, 1939. A miners son holding coal salvaged from a slag pile during a coal strike in Kempton, West Virginia. Photograph by John Vachon, May 1939

MINER STRIKE, 1939. Miners sons bringing home coal which they salvaged from a slag pile during a coal strike in Kempton, West Virginia. Photograph by John Vachon, May 1939

MINER STRIKE, 1939. Miners sons collecting coal from the slag pile during a coal strike in Kempton, West Virginia. Photograph by John Vachon, May 1939

Old mine waste spoil heaps on edge of dales moorland, Arkengarthdale Moor, North Yorkshire, England, March

Slag cooling process. Photographed in Lackenby, Teesside

House and slag heap near Swansea
A house near Swansea is becoming overwhelmed by a nearby slag heap. A man clambers up the heap to inspect its progress. Date: circa 1936

Men searching for coal on slag heap
A line of unemployed men carrying sacks search for lumps of coal on a slag heap in South Wales. In the background are railway lines and clouds of smoke and steam rising from the engines

Copper mine. This is part of the Rio Tinto Mines in Huelva, Andalucia, Spain. This is an opencast mine that covers several square kilometres, with ores of copper, iron

Molten steel slag being poured at a metal working plant

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"Unearthing the Forgotten: Tracing the Legacy of Slag" In the depths of Cilfynydd, Pontypridd, echoes lingered from a time when unemployed miners toiled tirelessly beneath the earth's surface. Their sweat and determination carved out a livelihood that would soon be buried in history. Across continents, in Witwatersrand (East), South Africa, towering gold mine headgear stood as silent witnesses to an era of prosperity and hardship. The glimmering promise of wealth concealed tales of sacrifice etched into every miner's weary face. Amidst the chaos of the National Coal Strike of 1912, brave souls scoured through slag heaps with hope flickering in their eyes. These mounds held secrets untold - remnants of battles fought for fair wages and better working conditions. From Chepy Brickworks in Marne department, France emerged "The Oven or Kiln, " where molten heat transformed raw materials into bricks that built communities. Yet amidst this creation lay discarded slag - a testament to progress forged at a cost. In Youngstown, Ohio during 1941, run-off from open hearth furnaces painted an industrial landscape drenched in fiery hues. Alfred T Palmer captured these moments frozen in time; each droplet symbolizing both strength and waste intertwined within Republic Steel Corp's legacy. A monument shrouded by history emerged as Mr. 's copper slag castle rose against Welsh skies. Once vibrant stabling now stood weathered by time but still whispered stories only those who listened could hear. Blaenavon's coal spoil tip revealed man's struggle against nature itself - mountains formed from laborious excavation mirrored triumph over adversity while reminding us how easily progress can overshadow its consequences. At Park Gate Iron & Steel Co. , Rotherham witnessed pig casting - molten metal poured into molds like liquid potential solidifying dreams yet leaving behind trails of discarded slag marking paths taken and abandoned.