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Sheffield Flood, damage at Olive Paper Mills owned by Joseph Woodward (in 1864), River Loxley

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Ref No:	s00902
Title:	Sheffield Flood, damage at Olive Paper Mills owned by Joseph Woodward (in 1864), River Loxley
Location:	Sheffield_Loxley
Date:	1864/03
Date Period:	1851-1899
Photographer:	Laurence Frederick Peacock
Notes:	Information from Malcolm Nunn, Bradfield Parish Council Archivist. This is an image used in slide lectures/ magic lantern shows by photographer Mr. Peacock. His notes to accompany the lectures also included some of his experiences while taking the photograph. This view shows the water wheels of both the Grinding Wheel and the Paper Mill. The tools belonging to 30 men went with the buildings and the adjacent bridge. For more information see: The Great Sheffield Flood, 1864, Harrison (Sheffield Local Studies Library 942.74 S) and The Collapse of the Dale Dyke Dam 1864, Geoffrey Amey (Sheffield Local Studies Library 942.74 SST). For further information see: Water Power on the Sheffield Rivers, edited by David Crossley. (Sheffield Local Studies Library 621.21 SQ).
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