And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I remember seeing these at the mill in Ashland. IIRC they haul about 180 tons of hot metal. I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong. Those hot metal pots are lined with refractory brick, which weigh quite a lot by themselves and require periodic replacement/maintenance.
After I retired I got my AB ticket and sailed on an ore freighter on the Great Lakes. We'd stop in all sorts of places, one in particular though was River Rouge at the Ford Plant. They had trains carrying molten metal in special tank cars. They also had what looked like front end loaders, gigantic ones, with a metal pot out front, where they'd carry slag. We were offloading there one night and I watched as these machines would roll up, tip the pot then beat it on the ground a few times to get it all out. Saw one machine set its wheels (think tank wheels, all steel with a rubber outer coating) on fire, and the guy just drove off. I gained a hell of alot of respect for steel mill workers while on that ship.
I remember seeing these at the mill in Ashland. IIRC they haul about 180 tons of hot metal. I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong. Those hot metal pots are lined with refractory brick, which weigh quite a lot by themselves and require periodic replacement/maintenance.
ReplyDeleteThere are 400 ton dump trucks so you're probably right.
DeleteLot of weight on those tires...if one blows you've got a mess.
ReplyDeleteBut why?
ReplyDeleteSlag ladle. Not iron or steel.
ReplyDeleteHolding 'junk' materials refined off
After I retired I got my AB ticket and sailed on an ore freighter on the Great Lakes. We'd stop in all sorts of places, one in particular though was River Rouge at the Ford Plant. They had trains carrying molten metal in special tank cars. They also had what looked like front end loaders, gigantic ones, with a metal pot out front, where they'd carry slag. We were offloading there one night and I watched as these machines would roll up, tip the pot then beat it on the ground a few times to get it all out. Saw one machine set its wheels (think tank wheels, all steel with a rubber outer coating) on fire, and the guy just drove off. I gained a hell of alot of respect for steel mill workers while on that ship.
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