The bucket is part of the series of W1400 & W1800 draglines which once worked the opencast mines around Corby. The W1400 & 1800 coding denotes the rough weight of each dragline i.e. W1400 = 1,400 ...

You both see and learn about the draglines, the blast furnaces, the Bessemer process and more and get a real sense of both what a well oiled machine it once was, and how dangerous it could be.

Tom Beattie, the previous leader of Corby Borough Council, moved to the town as a teenager in the 1970s. "I remember the steel works which were completely dominant in the town.

The bucket is part of the series of W1400 & W1800 draglines which once worked the opencast mines around Corby. The W1400 & 1800 coding denotes the rough weight of each dragline i.e. W1400 = 1,400 ...