Sand and water are mixed to form the molds used for casting metal parts.
A huge cast-iron Chinese bell, part of the collection of scrap which serves the Chosun plant. The bell was left there by the Japanese when they departed Korea in 1945.
Ruined hulks of four Japanese submarines in what was apparently a drydock at Inchon. On the seawall to the right of the subs is part of the huge scrap pile used by the Chosun plant.
A huge cast-iron Chinese bell, part of the collection of scrap which serves the Chosun plant. The bell was left there by the Japanese when they departed Korea in 1945.
Two small furnaces at the Chosun plant, in which scrap is reduced to molten iron.
Workers with tongs direct white-hot iron bars from one set of rollers to another at the Chosun rolling mill. Diameter of the bars is gradually decreased as they move down the line.
A repairman working on the auxiliary top to Chosun's electric furnace.
A repairman working on the auxiliary top to Chosun's electric furnace.
Workers with tongs direct white-hot iron bars from one set of rollers to another at the Chosun rolling mill. Diameter of the bars is gradually decreased as they move down the line.
Laborer adjusts the plug in the opening of the makeshift furnace at the Samwha Iron Works at Samchok.