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FACILITY: Blast furnace gas pipeline with support and gate valve, transporting gas off Europe's largest blast furnaces.ThyssenKrupp Stahl, Duisburg. Observe the stairs and railtracks to get an impression of its hefty size. If this 3-meters-plus diameter tube had a platform inside of it, you could easily drive your car through it.

HORIZONTAL VIEW: While we normally look at a specific plant and its facilities (vertical view), a horizontal view at specific elements and facilities across several plants can be quite interesting. Only then we give attention to things so ubiquitous that they and their importance normally remain unnoticed, i.e. gates, lanterns, stairs, architectural elements - and tubes and tubes knots. I will show you more of these things in future Endangered Machinery episodes.