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Thomas Converter on the Culture Island, Phoenix Lake

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Thomas Converter on the Culture Island, Phoenix Lake

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Thomas Converter on the Culture Island, Phoenix Lake

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    June 7, 2017

    Cycling

    Culture island Phoenixsee with Thomas converter

    The Thomaskonverter, popularly known as Thomas pear, is a holdover from the steelworks that used to stand on the site of today's Phoenix Lake. The Thomas pear is now on the so-called "culture island" by the lake. Various events are to take place here. From the offshore island, visitors have a good view of the "harbor" and the lake area.
    Some seating offers the opportunity to take a break here.
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    Kulturinsel is a little island hosting regular art and music events at the southwest corner of the man-made Phoenix Lake, created 2010 by filling water into the hole left by excavating the contaminated soil of the removed Phoenix Steel factory which occupied this site since 1840. Connected to the Harbor Promenade with a permanent bridge framed by the artsy Corten Steel gate, the island is also the permanent exhibit of the Thomasbirne, or Thomas Converter, which was used here until 1964 to refine and pour molten steel into moulds.
    For upcoming events and news about the Kulturinsel, check phoemag.de/tag/kulturinsel

    October 3, 2017

    Hiking

    Thomas converter of the Hörder boiler forge from 1954. Used until 1964 at the Thomas steel plant Phoenix-Ost. The Thomas bulb has a height of 7 meters and weighs 64 tons.
    The Thomas process (or "Thomas process") refers to a process for steel production and was named after the British metallurgist Sidney Thomas (1850-1885). The steel created in this way is called Thomasstahl.
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