Throwback: A Day In The Life Of The MeltShop

Back in the early 2000's I picked up a $15 flea market "over the shoulder" RCA camcorder (with a tube type imager no less) and made a very primitive movie of the melt shop at the steel mill where I worked.

Now it's worth noting that it was verboten. I did an edit (very primitive "music video") and ended up distributing almost 500 copies of the darned thing. EVERYBODY at the mill wanted one (rolling mill and meltshop). In fact there's a platemill movie I'll post when I find it.

At any rate, it was like I was doing a drug deal: I had copies of the movie on the inside pocked of my flame retardant jacket and people would walk up to me and hand me $2 and I'd give them a copy of the movie surreptitiously. What a hoot.

So go easy on me in the comments. I'd never ever made a movie and this was just an attempt to capture something of the place in a fun way.

Here's a blog post of mine with a lot of shots of the guys and a lot of the story of the end of the mill. I was too broken-hearted to write part 2 of it, but it stands pretty well on it's own. May still follow up.

http://blog.entropicremnants.com/2013/11/19/end-of-an-era-part-1-steel-mill-portraits---melt-shop.aspx

Also, here's more photos on my flickr account in various sets:

End of An Era: https://www.flickr.com/photos/teamgriggs/albums/72157637012132873

The Last Heat: https://www.flickr.com/photos/teamgriggs/albums/72157637206483695

Those are some of the last shots I did there. If you want to see more, they're in the "Albums" on my flickr site and you can find them.

Видео Throwback: A Day In The Life Of The MeltShop канала John Griggs