Some photos are really bad with the colors, but that's why I was able to find this creative way so that it doesn't stand out!

Old HFB.

One of my first visits to the site, with the abandoned torpedo train!

A torpedo steel train (or torpedo ladle car) is a specialized, heavily insulated railcar designed to transport molten pig iron at temperatures exceeding 1.350°C from blast furnaces to steelmaking plants. These torpedo-shaped vessels maintain the metal's liquid state for up to 30 hours, reducing heat loss, preventing solidification during transport, and facilitating efficient, safe, and large-scale, often unmanned, handling of molten metal.

Torpedo train demolished in 2023.

The diesel emergency power plant.

Whenever the power went out, it had to be backed up because a blast furnace uses a huge amount of electricity. They had their own power plant, but this wasn't enough when the power went out on the site.

HFB Local Salle Pompes