Further images have been found in Northampton Archive centres . These are again scans of glass slides .
This is a shot of the Blast Furnace frontside area (the side of the furnaces where the iron and slag are poured in to ladles (iron) and pots (slag). The loco is hauling slag pots that appear to contain molten slag, evidenced by the haze above the line behind the loco itself. Lloyds sidings are to the left of the picture and the tall chimney in the background is that of No 6 Sinter Plant, with the smaller stacks that appear to be attached to the side of the concrete chimney are those of the Central Power Station.
I believe this to be a pile-driver, possibly being used in the preparation of ground, at the start of The Works 1933 construction, powered by the steam engine in the background.
This shows a North British diesel travelling on the line from the rear of the Glebe Coke Ovens, towards the Blast Furnace gas cleaning plant and from there to the West Gate.
This shows the scrap line near the Steelworks loco shed. At a guess, it was taken after closure in 1980.
This is a photo of the early construction of the water tower at the Blast Furnace. The houses in the background are in Stephenson Way.
This is the initial stages of the construction of the Blast Furnace Gasholder. It was bigger than the Coke Oven Gasholder,
This is, without doubt, the demolition of the Blast Furnace Gasholder in 1981. The evidence of the white writing on the top part falling down is the clincher!
The view is of the 1000 ton mixer in the left foreground, with the four Bessemer Convertors in the background and a charging ladle in the right foreground.
Bessemer converters scan by Northants archives
The empty wagons are being hauled back to The Works by a diesel loco, from the Tarmac Plant, passing the main Steelworks car park. The pedestrian bridge links the main Steelworks parking area to the main road into The Works, passing the main Steelworks Admin Block (out of frame) on the right of the photo. The five chimneys are for the Glebe Coke Oven batteries and the edge of the Blast Furnace Gasholder can be seen on the left of the picture. The black shed behind the steps to the bridge is the bike shed.
, scan by Northants archives .
Components for the W.1400 walking dragline being assembled for Stewarts and Lloyds minerals, Limited at Cowthick near Corby,Northants. This view is of material on route from the works of Sir William Errol& co., Glasgow.
Pouring blast furnace slag, Corby.
Bert Payne in the skip house ,where he controlled the skip hoist for loading the furnace, and the bell (working diagram above his head)for dropping the ore and limestone into the furnace.
in Lloyds sidings, taken after 1923 but before 1930 – the LMS on one wagon dates it after 1923. Reconstruction of The Works began in 1933.
This photo showing the Tarmac wagons was taken shortly after the redevelopment of the Lloyds Ironstone blast furnaces began, i.e. around 1933. Tarmac set up there long before the rebuilding of the BF plant and, because of the layout of the new I&S plant, their workings here were to be the ore blending storage after the crushing plant. It was at that point that the Tarmac works were moved down to the Stanion Lane site.
A once typical view in corby near the Earlstree quarry.
Boilers and generator house at the furnaces circa 1928
This is the aerial ropeway unloading station at the Oakley quarry. The track ran under the Glendon – Manton Jct line and around through Little Oakley and back to The Works via the Barns Close line.
The following 3 images have been taken from an aeroplane circling over the village. Our best guess is that the picture was taken from a Tiger Moth plane, as evidenced by the wing strut support at an angle, on the right hand side.
The chimneys above the BF Gas Holder, in its’ wartime camouflage. There are only three chimneys in the view, which dates it to around 1941, supported by them being camouflaged.
Glebe Coke Oven chimneys, with coke being quenched in the East Quench tower, taken around 1934. The view shows only two Blast Furnaces, with the third still to be built and was taken from above the Eastern end of the Bessemer building.
The Works from above the western end of the village. With the four BFs in evidence. 1 would assume it was taken shortly after the pictures described in the paragraphs above.
This Works plan , at a guess, was drawn in the early 1960s. It shows the BOSP as the LD/AC plant, which was the pilot plant to the final version and the Deene Coke Ovens are shown, they opened in 1961. The BOSP came on stream in 1965.
Taken in the late 1950s – there is a BR steam loco on the lhs and the “Stewarts and Lloyds” sign is illuminated, which definitely puts it in the 1950s at the earliest.
Taken from the BF Gas Holder, as evidenced by the line of wagons below and the alignment of the Coke Oven chimneys, with the Coke Oven Gas Holder by the main gate in the distance. Taken around 1939 at a guess, judging by the newness of the nearest chimney.