Haiko Hebig has video of the Ougrée blast furnace being decommissioned, shot by furnaceman Pierre Machiroux:
Shutting down a blast furnace in such a fashion that it can be restarted at a later point involves removing the liquid and solidified materials in the hearth of the furnace below the tap hole. This part of the furnace is called Sau (=sow) in German, le loup (=wolf) in French or salamander in English. Its liquid part gets tapped using a drill and an oxygen lance.
Hebig also has a clip of a roiling steam cloud enveloping the factory as they cooled the furnace shell.
Liberal conspirators are salamanders. I should know. I am one. *salamander sounds*
Liberal conspirators are salamanders. I should know. I am one. *salamander sounds*
It’s worth noting that the Salamander was the name of the fire trucks in Farenheit 451, and they all had salamanders on the sleeves of their uniforms.
I wonder which came first….
The word “salamander” has a long history when applied to fire and fire related things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_(legendary_creature)
I remember when, as a teenager in the 70′s, working on construction sites I came across the term ‘salamander’ applied to those giant propane fueled burners/heaters they used on the jobsite.
I remember thinking that ‘dragon’ made better sense than ‘salamander’. I had to go to the library to look up the reference. Wikipedia is so much easier!
Alas, conservapedia has no relevant article referencing salamanders.
coop
Salamanders are a liberal conspiracy.