Tata steel

Manufactured metal transformed into the breathtaking incredible – these giant horses heads gracing the Scottish skyline are a majestic example of Tata Steel’s creative solutions with over 3,000m of steel tubes at their core. Known as The Kelpies after the supernatural water horse from Celtic mythology, the magnificent, 100ft high horse heads – the largest pair of equine sculptures in the world – were built using premium Celsius 355 hollow tube product manufactured at the Corby and Hartlepool sites. Over 10,000 special fixings secure the shimmering steel skin of the horses to their tubal steel framework skeletons, in a five-month construction project which isn’t just a £5m public art engineering marvel but heralds the transformation of... More