tarboat's photos with the keyword: völklingen

Furnaces and Cowper Stoves at Völklingen. The Völklingen Ironworks is a former blast-furnace complex located in the German town of Völklingen, Saarland. Pig iron production occurred at the site from 1882 through 1986. As one of the only intact ironworks surviving from the 19th and early-20th centuries in Europe and North America, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 because of its exceptional preservation and its testimony to ferrous metallurgy and the Industrial Revolution.

In 1881 Carl Röchling began construction of an ironworks at Völklingen. Production began two years later and whilst improvements were made for a number of years the works remains as an example of pig iron production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The plant closed in 1986 and is now a world heritage site and museum.

Saarstahl steelworks from the disused blast furnaces in Völklingen near Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany.

M.A.N. waterless gasholder at the Saarstahl steelworks in Völklingen near Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany.

M.A.N. waterless gasholder at the Saarstahl steelworks in Völklingen near Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany.

Gasholder at the Saarstahl steelworks in Völklingen.

The Fenne power station at Völklingen provides both electricity and district heating using coal, and also 42mw of coal mine gas powered generation. This view from the top of the Cowper Stoves at the Völklingen blast furnaces.