Redcar Steelworks

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Redcar Steelworks was a major integrated iron and steel production complex on the northeast coast of England, long central to Teesside’s heavy industry and local economy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial complex ⓘ
steelworks ⓘ
adjacentTo North Sea ⓘ
River Tees estuary ⓘ
linked to: Tees Estuary
blastFurnaceBlownOut 2015 ⓘ
blastFurnaceCommissioned 1979 ⓘ
blastFurnaceName Redcar blast furnace ⓘ
linked to: Redcar Steelworks
blastFurnaceNickname the Redcar furnace ⓘ
blastFurnaceType one of the largest blast furnaces in Europe ⓘ
closureDate 2015 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
demolitionEndDate 2022 ⓘ
demolitionStartDate 2019 ⓘ
hasPart Redcar blast furnace ⓘ
linked to: Redcar Steelworks

basic oxygen steelmaking plant ⓘ
coke ovens ⓘ
continuous casting plant ⓘ
port facilities ⓘ
power station ⓘ
rail infrastructure ⓘ
sinter plant ⓘ
historicalSignificance central to Teesside’s heavy industry ⓘ
major employer in Teesside ⓘ
impact major effect on local economy ⓘ
significant job losses after closure ⓘ
inception 1970s ⓘ
locatedIn North Yorkshire ⓘ
Redcar ⓘ
Teesside ⓘ
locatedOn northeast coast of England ⓘ
operator British Steel Corporation ⓘ
Corus Group ⓘ
Dorman Long ⓘ
SSI UK ⓘ
Tata Steel Europe ⓘ
linked to: Tata Steel
ownedBy Sahaviriya Steel Industries ⓘ
partOf British steel industry ⓘ
Teesside steel industry ⓘ
primaryProduct coke ⓘ
pig iron ⓘ
slab steel ⓘ
productionType integrated iron and steelworks ⓘ
railConnection Teesport and national rail network ⓘ
reasonForClosure collapse of SSI UK ⓘ
global steel overcapacity ⓘ
high operating costs ⓘ
low steel prices ⓘ
siteRedevelopment Teesworks regeneration project ⓘ
startDate 1979 ⓘ
status demolished ⓘ
steelmakingEnded 2015 ⓘ

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Redcar → historicallyAssociatedWith → Redcar Steelworks ⓘ
British Steel Corporation → hasFacility → Teesside Steelworks ⓘ
linked to: Redcar Steelworks
Middlesbrough steelworks → associatedWith → Teesside Steelworks ⓘ
linked to: Redcar Steelworks
Dorman Long Tower → associatedWith → Teesside steelworks ⓘ
linked to: Redcar Steelworks
Tees Valley Line → passesThrough → British Steel Redcar ⓘ
linked to: Redcar Steelworks
Redcar Steelworks → hasPart → Redcar blast furnace ⓘ
linked to: Redcar Steelworks
Redcar Steelworks → blastFurnaceName → Redcar blast furnace ⓘ
linked to: Redcar Steelworks
Cleveland (historic area in North East England) → associatedWith → Redcar steelworks ⓘ
subject linked to: Cleveland
linked to: Redcar Steelworks