Iron Pour on Halloween 
October 31, 2008
There are a ton of old brick warehouses in Providence, near the railroad tracks: someone had a brilliant idea of making one of these warehouses into an art space dedicated to metal works. It's called The Steelyard and every Halloween they do something called the 'Iron Pour' where in front of a bunch of beer drinking RISD students (rhode islands art crowd) and other folk, they heat iron to 3000 degrees and pour it out.....and we all watch things burn. Very basic really... you just watch fire and a spectacled dude plays some eerie tunes in his sound system. It was awesome! There also was a trebuchet where they flung pumpkins around. Simple yet highly entertaining.
  • Pouring into bat moulds!.   Canon Powershot A540
    Pouring into bat moulds!.
  • The furnace!.   Canon Powershot A540
    The furnace!.
  • Furnace and tree.   Canon Powershot A540
    Furnace and tree.
  • Explosion. They poured the iron into a giant block of sugar and it exploded.  Canon Powershot A540
    Explosion. They poured the iron into a giant block of sugar and it exploded.
  • Bottom out.   Canon Powershot A540
    Bottom out.
  • Fire!. Toward the end, they brought out a giant wooden skeleton and flung molten iron on it to set it alight.  Canon Powershot A540
    Fire!. Toward the end, they brought out a giant wooden skeleton and flung molten iron on it to set it alight.
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