 Gone with a Bang. As Ligne Claire reports, the Phoenix steelworks in Dortmund-Hörde are no longer. Last Saturday the remaining structures were pulverized by tons of dynamite. Sad, really. More pictures of Phoenix are here.Update: Even more striking pictures at hebig. Hörde Torch is falling down. More on his main website. Lots of thanks to Robert! Well, you just can't beat old Dortmund connections ... Update 2: Check out the comments. Haiko has posted a few more photo links. Thanks! Fronts harden in the decision whether to blow up the Phoenix Mill Torch in Dortmund Hoerde or not. The 98 meters high central chimney with three large-scale torches for low-caloric mill gases on top has been used to flare gases remaining from the basic oxygen steelmaking process that have too low a caloric value to use it elsewhere in the mill. Even though the sometimes several dozens meters high flame finally went out in 2001, the "Hoerder Fackel" continues to spend identity to the south of the city. If it disappears, there will not a single trace be left of the 160 years long history of steelmaking in Dortmund. There can't be a better monument or symbol for this past era. [hebig]
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