Florange Steelworks.... One of my dream spots!
Florange Steelworks (HFX) Is known for the extreme security, we were told not to go there because of the heavy security lately, we tought, Fuck It!! and still went there anyway. A day before the madness, we scouted the area from the roof of Bureau...
History:
The history of this former steelworks dates all the way back to the middle of the 1800s. At this time a small forge in the Belgium town of La Louviere began expanding its operations. By 1900 over 1200 employees were active on the terrain. When the first world war broke out nearly all of...
Hey everyone!
It's been a while since our small Belgium/Luxembuorg/France-Roadtrip in September, but now I finally had the time to recall this one and edit some of the images.
As I'm totally new to photography, I would be very delighted to hear your opinion on the photos and processing! (...
On the 18th of September 2015 SSI (Thai based Sahaviriya Steel Industries) announced that due to the decline in steel prices that the Lackenby Steelworks would be paused. By September the 28th 2015, they announced the plant would be "Mothballed" due again to the poor steel trading conditions...
Hi peeps.
I bring you images from a visit to these steelworks by Zero81 and myself back in March 2012.
The steelworks were in operation between 1796 and 1990 - 1, 100 jobs were lost when the site closed.
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