The Mould before the Metal: Work Remembered in Tiexi
A former foundry makes more sense when the machinery is read through the problems its workers had to solve.
China Industrial Museum
The museum combines a surviving industrial building with a wider collection of machinery and manufacturing history. Casting is a particularly useful way into it: a finished metal object depends on patterns, moulds, lifting equipment and repeated human adjustments. The building is now a museum, not a working production line.
Stories from This Place
Photo credits and rights
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The Industrial Museum of China occupies part of Shenyang’s former foundry site in Tiexi.Source: Liaoning Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, via the Liaoning Provincial Government website. Photographer and image license not stated. · Rights status unknown Photo source ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.