Dante's Inferno

[RichardB]

"Who can go inside one of those gigantic steel

works and come away without being impressed by its’

vastness, and without a feeling of his own terrible

insignificance ?

Visions of Dante’s Inferno are conjured

up to remain for ever in his memory.

Enormous steam hammers pounding away with a might there is no

resisting, glowing steel plates, which almost burn the

eyes out to look upon, the bang and clatter of endless

machinery mingled with the shouting of orders, the

funny little black men rushing about hither and thither

intent on their work, the roar of furnaces - these things

cannot be described."

"A. J. W." in Midland Railway Guide.