36 Inch Mill, Roughing and Finishing Stands

This image of the 36 inch Mill encouraged Rodney Begg to advise: “I used to spend many a happy hour on the footbridge over the output side of these two stands – trotting between the two, taking pass temperatures with a hot filament optical pyrometer when we were making 8 x 8 angles or rails – so we could prevent failure problems due to either cooling the steel too quickly or not cooling it enough. This left too open a crystal structure in the steel”.

Thanks to Rodney Begg for the update.