Follow the red line to see how steel moved round the site during its manufacture from its arrival as scrap to its departure as steel bar or rod – finished, inspected and ready for the customer.
Raw materials for Brymbo Steel
Iron ore: Oxfordshire and Sweden
Limestone: Llynclys quarries near Oswestry
Coke: South Wales and Yorkshire
Scrap metal: English Midlands, South Wales
Ferro-manganese: Cumbria
Ferro-silicon: Norway
Aluminium: Canada
Molybdenum: USA
Can you work out the production route for the steel from its arrival as scrap iron?
Question
What do you think all those railway lines are for?
Answer
To move the steel around the site. It is heavy!
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Related links
- John Wilkinson & Brymbo Steelworks
- Sharp as Steel, Tough as Iron: The Story of Brymbo
- The Scottish Connection
- Tough Times
- The Specialists
- Heart of the Community
- The Last Tap
- From Furnace to Finish
- Making Steel c. 1900
- Making Steel c. 1960 – 1990
- The Long Road to Perfection
- Memories of Brymbo Steelworks
- Brymbo Steelworks Gallery
- John Wilkinson – Index
- Wrexham Heritage
