A piece of history can now be viewed online

Historical images focusing on the iron and steel industry can be viewed online from this week thanks to the British Steel Archive Project.

The British Steel Archive Project, based at Teesside University, aims to catalogue, preserve and engage the public with the British Steel Collection – an extensive collection of photographs, maps, ledgers, deeds and other documents.

Several hundred photographs Now several hundred photographs from the British Steel Collection, which is held at Teesside Archives in Middlesbrough, have been digitised and will be available to view through the project website from Wednesday 1 July.

Project volunteers have been working hard to digitise the pictures and their help will ensure new images are uploaded every month. The gallery page has been designed to make the pictures accessible to the public but also to provide the opportunity for interaction.

People can leave comments or provide additional information about any of the pictures on the site. The gallery page can be found at www.britishsteelcollection.org.uk

Watch the BBC video

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