Entrance Gates to Crimicar Lane Isolation Hospital
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Entrance Gates to Crimicar Lane Isolation Hospital
Image: © Jonathan Clitheroe Taken: 14 Jul 2010
Infectious diseases such as tuberculosis were treated at this now demolished hospital, which a century ago would have been situated well away from Sheffield's main conurbation. A brass plaque attached to the central gatepost states that the hospital operated between 1901 and 1956.
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Image Location
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53.372282
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-1.555222