#In the steel industry

[creekfiend]

something that drives me insane on a relatively regular basis as a body jewelry understander is talking to people who have sensitive skin who are like "oh well I just can't wear any earrings without my ears getting inflamed" and I say "well what have you tried" and they say "well I've tried sterling silver and I've tried gold..." and it's like. ok. I don't know how gold and sterling somehow got spun by the jewelry industry as being especially good for sensitive skin but whenever I'm like "well have you tried implant grade titanium" they're always like "no....... but I've tried sterling silver... and it didn't work ..." like. I don't know how this narrative about sterling silver somehow got so strong but when they put pins in your fucking legs when you snap your leg in half are those pins made of sterling silver or are they made of implant grade titanium or surgical steel????????? HELLO. HI. YOU MIGHT BENEFIT FROM TRYING IMPLANT GRADE TITANIUM I AM JUST SAYING

[miamaimania]

MAURIZIO CATTELAN / UNTITLED, 2001 Couple of elevators (scale 1:7,5), stainless steel, electronic components 35 x 59.5 x 26.3 cm | 23 1/2 x 33 3/4 x 18 inch

[kalikasteel]

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[vintagehomecollection]

The Los Angeles House: Decoration and Design in America's 20th-Century City, 1995

[arc-hus]

Maison de Verre, Paris - Bernard Bijvoet & Pierre Chareau

[subtlehums]

hamilton, ontario.

[supplyside]

Gwangyang industrial complex - South Korea

[urbanrelics]

HAUT FOURNEAU 4

I adore visiting blast furnaces. They are the most spectacular sights I've ever got to witness. The intricacy of the engineering is quite simply astonishing. This particular specimen in Belgium, which has been under close surveilance since it was shut down in 2008, has been preserved in a remarkably good condition. Almost immediately after the closure, an interest group was established that wanted to preserve the blast furnace as an industrial landmark.

This blast furnace company, which is a defining feature of the city of Charleroi, was founded in 1836, during the heyday of the European steel industry. Like all other steel companies in the region, this blast furnace was also the subject of numerous takeovers and mergers. These mainly took place in the 1960s and 70s. It always remained a flourishing company, competitive on a global scale. However, the takeover by the Duferco group in 2001 heralded the beginning of the end…

The site was then operated under the name Carsid. After a fire in 2007, the furnace was temporarily shut down to carry out the necessary repairs. At the same time, capacity was increased and a number of environmental investments were made. The installation would now be operational for another ten years. Barely a year later, the blast furnace was shut down again, due to “poor prospects”. Due to the economic crisis and the declining demand for steel, the operation of the blast furnace company was no longer deemed profitable.

A “temporary” closure and the search for a buyer should bring relief. After more than three years of uncertainty and economic unemployment, the curtain finally fell for the blast furnace. Since HF4 is one of the best preserved blast furnaces in Europe, the Walloon government is striving to preserve the furnace as industrial heritage. Although a ministerial decree has been published to this effect, the demolition work on the site is progressing steadily…

Unfortunately Charleroi is one of the poorest cities in Belgium. There is no budget for the necessary sanitation and preservation works, which would run in the millions of euros. The futures is looking bleak for this beautiful piece of industrial heritage...

[elektrostantsiya]

Arabelle - GE steam turbine for nuclear power plants ☢️🏭⚡

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[the-night-picture-collector]

/ John E. Fletcher and Anthony B. Stewart, Hillside Houses overlook smoke-belching Steel Mills in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1949

[the-gone-ton]

The old Bethlehem Steel home plant. Bethlehem Steel was the 2nd-largest steel maker in the US and largest ship builder at its peak. They made a fortune during WWII, as did their rival, Pittsburgh-based US Steel, and then they blew that fortune on executive pay (the Beth Steel CEO was at one point the highest-paid American corporate exec.) and building a new headquarters (Martin Tower, the tallest building in the Lehigh Valley).

But then they started to fall behind; Europe, which had been destroyed in the war, got to rebuild their industry with the newest methods and technologies. And then China came on the scene with cheaper steel. By the turn of the century, Bethlehem Steel was toast. Today, part of the plant is preserved. A casino is the new primary draw of the site. US Steel survived, though maybe not for long as Japanese Nippon Steel is trying to buy them out.

[colonellickburger]

Ian Macdonald. Redcar Blast Furnace around 2 AM, midsummers night. Teesside, England 1986

[loworbittourist]

Gwangyang industrial complex - South Korea 🌏 4k link

[vintagehomecollection]

This kitchen shares light and space with the living room and a four-level stairway. Although the kitchen itself has no windows, east light from a window wall opposite the kitchen floods the space with morning light.

The Kitchen Idea Book, 1999

[arc-hus]

NICO Hotel, Sayulita, Mexico - PALMA & Hybrid