The first in this year’s excursion for schoolchildren was held at “Zaporizhstal” steel works. This time, 11 pupils of the 7th grade of the “Dzherelo” school visited the metallurgical giant.
– We are currently discussing the topic of classroom and student meetings “The workplace of our parents”, – said Milena, the class teacher of the 7-B class of “Dzherelo” school. – Some parents of our pupils work at “Zaporizhstal” and it became interesting for us to see what their work is.
The first point of excursion was the open-hearth shop. Here pupils visited the mixer department and the “casting”. They watched how steel was melted and casted.
– I have never been here – everything is so interesting and breathtaking! The steel casting is so enchantingly! – shared his impressions Cyril Ivanov. – I did not think that the area of the steel works was so huge; I imagined that the steel works is just a room with several pipes, and it occupies the territory of 700 football fields.
The children were surprised to learn that 200 km of railway tracks also pass through the territory of the steel works, that there are many modern shops; there are located squares and even a zoo. The second stage of the excursion was the cold rolling shop and its continuous pickling line, which is a completely new line of hydrochloric acid pickling. Thanks to modern technologies, contaminated water is not discharged into the Dnieper River; there is absolutely no emission of acid vapors into the atmosphere.
In addition, the children were shown that the zoo is located on the territory of the railway transport department. Here live as small birds, for example, pigeons and parrots, and large – swans, peacocks and ostriches.
The territory of the enterprise struck most of the schoolchildren – many people did not even simply realize that “Zaporizhstal” is practically a city inside the city.