Preserved gateway to the former Firth & Sons Siemens Melting Shop
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Preserved gateway to the former Firth & Sons Siemens Melting Shop
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 5 Jul 2012
The Siemens open hearth method of smelting steel was used in Sheffield from 1879 right through to the nineteen sixties. This gateway, built in 1918, used to be the entrance to Thomas Firth's famous Norfolk Steelworks. It was re-erected here in 1993.
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Image Location
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53.393852
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-1.446876