« Reply #5 on: Sunday 20 June 21 17:17 BST (UK) »
My first experience in a workplace was ten years in heavy engineering in England.
What struck me about the photos were they showed Scotland's history of progressive innovative designing and manufacturing steel bridges, steel railways and steel ships.
I see Scotland now only has one steel rolling mill at Dalziel. A few years ago I read a report that the UK was one of the ten countries that exported the most tonnage of scrap metal and even in the dark ages metal smiths knew that melting metal ore with some scrap metal meant the result would be a better product with less inclusions. Currently Britain has to look outside it's own borders for steel manufacturers to provide us with any high grade metal.that we require for aeroplanes, ships, satellites, etc.
The upside of not having many steel rolling mills is that we are breathing in much cleaner air.
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