Interesting film on naval gun-making, UK, 1920’s

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  1. springfld.arsenal

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    Shows an 84-ton steel ingot, for example.

     
    springfld.arsenal, Feb 27, 2018
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  2. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I saw numerous breaches of the health and safety regulations in that film :D:D:D

    I find it extraordinary that they were using a German furnace (Siemans) so soon after the end of WWI and the use of the misspelt German word Spiegeleisen which is pig iron
     
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  3. coreya

    coreya Well-Known Member

    Those were some hard men back then, God bless em. Imagine if we had to work that hard today!!!:cigar::cigar:
     
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  4. springfld.arsenal

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    You may be thinking of the German-based technology giant Siemens, whereas the furnace in the film actually came from William Siemens, a different entity. The open-hearth furnaces like that used the Siemens+Martin process. William Siemens was a German but was living in England when he invented the process in 1860. I looked quickly trying to learn whether William remained in England or what but ran outta time.
     
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  5. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    All that to end up on the bottom of the ocean
     
    terry5732, Feb 27, 2018
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