Wudang No. 1 blast furnace renovation retains a section of the history of the steel industry

Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan, September 20th.

Xinhua News Agency reporter Deng Nan

The coast of the Yangtze River, Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. is producing. In the roar, the transport train passed through, and the towering chimney emerged from time to time. A iron -red building is particularly conspicuous in a row of blue -gray -based ironmaking blast furnaces. After more than a year of design and transformation, the mart -steel No. 1 blast furnace reappears.

The No. 1 blasting furnace, which refined the first iron water in New China, is a strong stroke in the history of my country's steel industry.

In the 1950s, Wu Gang No. 1 blast furnace was put into operation. In the next half a century, a total of 54.2616 million tons of students was produced, and after two production capacity upgrades, it was upgraded.

In 2019, with the transformation and development of the steel industry, Wu Gang No. 1 blast furnace was discontinued. In 2021, Wugang No. 1 blast furnace was selected into the fifth batch of national industrial heritage. In order to retain the red gene and inherit the steel culture, the reconstruction project of Wugang No. 1 Park Industrial Site Park began to be implemented in March 2021.

The project includes No. 1 blast furnace ontology and industrial site park. "The No. 1 blast furnace is like our" old man '", which carries the spirit of a generation of ironmaking workers." Huang Chao, deputy secretary of the party committee of Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., said, "At the beginning of the design, we determined' Cultivation of the concept of rebuilding the old and the history of history. "

At the beginning of the reconstruction, based on the normal operation of the facilities around the blast furnace, the team lasted more than 3 months to create a green landscape belt around the blast furnace, and the disassembly part had operating facilities. After the official construction, rust and reinforcement on the surface of the furnace and body of the furnace on the west of the blast furnace. The blast furnace body is covered with large area of ​​red, and the rails on the outside ground are retained.

"The transport train continues to pass on the rails, which is the surrounding five -seat blast furnace service. The west side of the No. 1 blasting also maintains its original appearance. The upper and lower floors on the east and lower floors on the east side of the blast furnace are set up. Scene. "Huang Chao said.

Opposite the blast furnace is one of the main areas of the industrial site park -Li Fengen Plaza. Li Fengen, who used to be a former technician of the ironmount, has won the honor of labor model many times before his lifetime, and is a representative of the older generation of industrial workers.

In the exhibition hall of the Historical Materials Exhibition Hall, the important historical moments of the blast furnace have been completed in 1958. There is a row of special lockers in the museum, equipped with medals, diaries, photos and other items stored by retired workers. The staff in the museum recalled that they learned that there was a commemorative place in the martial arts furnace of Wugang No. 1, and retired workers donated their "baby".

Embarking on the second floor stairs, in the fence, the furnace body of the No. 1 blast furnace is unobstructed at a glance. A group of ironmasons wearing work clothes and holding oxygen pipes, preparing to welcome the statue of iron water, reproduce the work scenarios of the workers. Below the furnace, there are dark marks on the rows of green brick stones. Outside the fence, a new viewing of the iron view was added. Tourists press the touch screen below it, and the light and shadow of iron water "flow".

On July 1st this year, the Wugang No. 1 blast furnace industrial site park was officially unveiled. Visitors can visit and visit through group appointments. As of the beginning of September, a total of 97 groups of tourists have entered the industrial site park.

"The history of industrial development in industrial heritage, Wugang No. 1 blast furnace is a natural science popularization base and a red cultural heritage base." Huang Chao said.

Soon after, Wugang No. 1 Black Furnace Industrial Site Park will be opened to the public as the core landscape of Wugang Cultural Tourism Zone.

[Editor in charge: Liu Xiaodong]

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