We have created a documentary map with authentic video footage from 1998. You are invited to view 32 locations from the agglomeration, coking plant, blast furnaces, and maintenance facilities as seen by employees at the time.
Video footage from 1998 has been taken just before production ceased. The raw material preserved on VHS tapes is located in the archives of VÍTKOVICE, a.s. Today, these videos are a valuable source of information about industrial heritage, as they show places that often no longer exist.
Click and take a digital tour of the site: https://museum-plus.cz/virtualni-muzeum/mapa
It was Sunday morning at 8.30 a.m. and a glowing stream of pig iron began to roll under the blast furnace No. 1 at the Vítkovice Ironworks, accompanied by a sizzle of hot sparks as it had so many times before. A blast was taking place under the furnace. This time, however, it was different, it was watched by 1,200 employees, it was 27 September 1998 and this blast was the last ever in Vítkovice.
