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Thank God it's Friday, so let's continue our tour of the Hoesch Phoenix blast furnaces plant with three photos in a row. Yesterday we've seen stripped Blast Furnace 6 with its naked core. This is a very rare view, so let me show you neighbouring Blast Furnace 5 from a similar perspective. Here, nothing has been removed. An operating blast furnace essentialy looks the same:

BLAST FURNACE 5
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Now let's put things into perspective. Do you recognize above detail in this shot?

INCLINED ELEVATOR AND WINCH ROOM, BLAST FURNACE 5
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Actually, the elevator is much longer, as to the right, it reaches several meters below ground level underneath the burden bunkers which you can't see on this photo. Obviously, I had to fight with a backlight situation, but except of returning in the early morning, there is nothing one can do about it.

To finish this part of our tour, enjoy the colors and grasps the dimensions of this city of industry:

PERSONNEL ELEVATOR, BLAST FURNACE 6
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