The background and process of Jang Zhidong s establishment of Hanyang Steel Mill

In the winter of the fifteenth year of Guangxu, Zhang Zhidong went to Hubei. He spent a great deal of energy on setting up military and civilian industries, first of all, preparing for the construction of the Hanyang Iron Works. Zhang Zhidong ran a business, and he also made some jokes.

He telegraphed Xue Fucheng, the minister stationed in Britain, to buy a furnace for the steelworks, and the owner of the British Tiersai ** factory said: "If you want to set up a steel mill, you must first test all the iron, stone, coal, and coke factories in the factory, and then know what the quality of coal and iron is, what kind of steel can be smelted, that is, what kind of furnace is used. Zhang Zhidong said:

With the size of China, why not, why not find coal and iron first and then buy a furnace? But according to the British use of the purchase of a penny. The British factory owner had no choice but to obey.

As a result, the furnace was located in Hanyang, the iron was used by Daye, and the coal was used by Maanshan. Ma'anshan's coal and ash ore are equally heavy, and they cannot be coking, so they have to buy thousands of tons of coke from Germany. From the sixteenth to the twenty-second year of Guangxu (1890-1896), it cost 5.6 million taels, and it has not yet been made into steel.

Later, it was switched to coal from Pingxiang, Jiangxi, and the steel made was too brittle and easy to crack. Zhang Zhidong knew that the furnace he purchased was acidic and could not be phosphorus removed, and the steel contained too much phosphorus, which was easy to be brittle. Therefore, he borrowed 3 million yuan from Japan to change the original furnace to an alkaline furnace to produce high-quality Martin steel.

In the first year of Xuantong (1909), Ye Jingkui, the manager of Han Yeping Company, commented: "If Zhang Zhidong was founded, the advance party would have gone abroad for a detailed investigation, or the success could be faster, and the cost could be saved. However, at that time, the atmosphere was obscured, the mediocrity was in the court, and the hole of Gou Wuzhang was reckless, and he was afraid of smelting iron and coal.

Hanyang Iron Works is a steel conglomerate. It was built in the 19th year of Guangxu (1893), including 10 large and small factories of steel mills, ironworks, iron foundries, 2 furnaces, 3,000 workers and 1,000 coal miners. It was the first large-scale capitalist machine-produced steel industry in modern China, and it was also the first and largest steel mill in Asia, and the construction of steel mills in Japan was a few years later.

Honestly, no status.

"I am honored to be involved in the reconstruction of the Jangzhidong Museum! On December 9, 2010, Wang Shi, chairman of Vanke, said during a visit to Zhangzhidong and Hanyang Iron Works Museum that Vanke intends to invest in and participate in the reconstruction of the museum.

It is understood that the Zhangzhidong and Hanyang Iron Works Museum, located on the embankment of Hanyang Moon Lake in Hanyang and the Hanyang Steel Plant of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, is currently the only thematic museum about Zhangzhidong and "Made in Hanyang" in China, and has been named "Patriotism Education Base" by Wuhan City.

According to the person in charge of Hanyang Steel Mill, the two sides have previously cooperated with Vanke to invest in the reconstruction of the museum, and has asked American designers to design a plan for the new museum, according to which the new museum covers an area of about 30 acres, with a total investment of nearly 100 million.

Zhangzhidong and Hanyang Iron Works Museum is located on the embankment of the beautiful Hanyang Moon Lake in Wuhan, covering an area of about 700 square meters and a two-story imitation European building. 1. It was founded by Wuhan Iron and Steel Hanyang Steel Plant in order to adapt to the construction of landscape garden city and carry forward the excellent historical culture. The museum is currently the only thematic museum about Jangzhidong and "Made in Hanyang" in China.

In 2005, it was named the municipal "patriotism education base" by the municipal party committee and the city. Hanyang Iron Works is China's first iron and steel complex founded by Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, and is the cradle of China's iron and steel industry. It is seen by the West as a sign of China's awakening.