Interior View showing crucible stove
SC 776427
Description Interior View showing crucible stove
Date 9/3/1971
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 776427
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Denny Iron Works, Glasgow Road, Denny, Falkirk This shows a crucible stove, used for pre-heating crucibles, like those on the shelf on the left, before they are filled with molten steel from the induction furnaces. The stove is covered by the hinged lid in the centre. The crucibles are made largely of graphite, because of its resistance to high temperatures. This firm was primarily a maker of agricultural machinery, especially ploughs and Cambridge rollers, and also made iron and steel castings as engineering components, for, among others, J & T Boyd, textile machinery makers, Glasgow. The iron founding industry was a speciality of the south-east corner of Stirlingshire, with the towns of Larbert, Denny, Falkirk and Bonnybridge all having several firms engaged in this business. The Denny Iron Works was founded in 1870, and belonged to Cruikshank & Co Ltd. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/71/13/1
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/776427
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
Attribution: © HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
Licence Type: Permission to Reproduce
You may: copy, display, store and make derivative works [eg documents] solely for licensed personal use at home or solely for licensed educational institution use by staff and students on a secure intranet.
Under these conditions: Display Attribution, No Commercial Use or Sale, No Public Distribution [eg by hand, email, web]
