Former furnaces, Bower Spring, Sheffield
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Former furnaces, Bower Spring, Sheffield
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 13 Jun 2012
Not much to look at, but important relics of Sheffield's industrial past. A sign reads, "These remains of C19th furnaces for making cementation steel are a Scheduled Ancient Monument/They were built in 1828 and used until around 1910/They belong to the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society". They were built for Thomas Turton's Frankin works.
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Image Location
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53.386772
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-1.471325