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Ordnance Survey Map, sheet no. Yorkshire No. 294.8.8

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Ordnance Survey Map, sheet no. Yorkshire No. 294.8.8
Sheffield_Nunnery
1889
1851-1899

Surveyed in 1889. Reprinted 1896.

This map features:

Top left: Goods shed, River Don, Effingham Street, Furnival Road, Wicker Brewery Hotel Public House, Savile Street, tramway, [George Turton, Platts and Co., manufacturers of patent buffer, coil springs and steel files, etc] Patent Buffer, Steel and File Works, Savile Street, John Holding and Co., forging manufacturers, Union Forge (steel and iron), [No 98] Savile Street, Charles Stuart, cooper, Savile Street Cooperage, [No, 102] Savile Street, [Francis Hobson, Seaman and Co., steel manufacturers], Don Steel Works, Savile Street, Albion Steel Works (disused), Effingham Street Gas Works, Midland Railway Goods Line, Don Saw Mills (on edge of map), and gasometer.

Top right: River Don, Effingham Street, gasometer, [Edgar Allen and Company Limited], Imperial Steel Works (entrance via Attercliffe Road (off map)), Vulcan Iron Works, Pond Hill Steel Works (on edge of map), Effingham Road, Sussex Road, Parkside Brewery, and brick works.

Bottom left: Effingham Street, Furnival Road, Gasometers, Victoria Station, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, Sussex Street, Sheffield Canal, Sheaf Works (steel and iron), Lumley Street, Effingham Lane, and malthouse.

Bottom right: Sussex Street, Sheffield Canal, Lumley Street, Towing path, gasometers, Sussex Road, Parkside Brewery, Cadman Street, Midland Railway, Canal Street, Regent’s Terrace, Parkside Inn, Vulcan Inn, Parker’s Wharf, [P. T. Tuner and Co. Ltd., glass bottle manufacturers], Sheffield Glass Bottle Works on Sussex Street, Albert Steel and Spring Works on Canal Street, J. W. Taylor and Co., steel converters and manufacturers], Canal Street Works on Lumley Street, Cadman Bridge, and [Henry Outram and Son, steel and file manufacturers], and Canal Steel Works on Cadman Street.

Additional information from White's General and Commercial Directory of Sheffield, 1896 / Graces Guide.

Surveyed 1889. Reprint '50/96'.

Dimensions 77 x 102 cm.

Scale 10.56 feet : 1 mile [1:500].

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