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Roman Furnace Project 2005: Dismantling Phase

Introduction ('Home')   Dismantling Phase   General Photographs   Pot Furnace Photographs

Tank Furnace Photographs   Annealing Oven Photographs   Tank Furnace and Oven Weathering

1. The cold tank furnace. 2. The stoke hole.
3. The gathering hole door (furnace side). 4. The cleaned gathering and warming holes.
5. The top hole. 6. Ash inside the firing chamber.
7. Cleaning the stoke hole. 8. The cleaned stoke hole.
9. The cleaned stoke hole. 10. The cleaned stoke hole.
11. Sawing into the tank furnace. 12. Sawing into the tank furnace.
13. Vacuuming the tank furnace. 14. The cut-open tank furnace.
15. Section above the stoke hole. 16. Including the section through the stoke hole.
17. Section through the gathering hole. 18. The interior of the tank furnace.
19. Section through the lower wall. 20. Detail of section through the gathering hole floor.
21. View down stoke hole showing hearth and section through ash. 22. The top layer of tiles under the fired furnace wall.
23. The partly exposed hearth. 24. Compacted ash adhering to the wall of the firing chamber.
25. The cleaned firing chamber. 26. The cleaned firing chamber.

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