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Sheffield Flood. Remains of the Stacey Wheel, grinding wheel, River Loxley

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Sheffield Flood. Remains of the Stacey Wheel, grinding wheel, River Loxley
Sheffield_Loxley
1864/03
1851-1899
Laurence Frederick Peacock

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. The next ruin was Stacey's Grinding Wheel formerly a long low building which was entirely washed away except for the foundations stones of the water wheel. For more information see: The Great Sheffield, 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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