Description and History of Site:-
Established in Leeds in the 1880s as the UK distributor for the German company Friemann & Wolf. The company relocated to Sheffield in 1912 where it developed safety lamps more suited to British methods and regulations of mining and quarrying.
Further Reading and References:-Bayliss, D (ed). A guide to the industrial history of South Yorkshire. Association for Industrial Archaeology, 1995, entry E28.
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Key Words :- wire works safety lamps ironworking
Address :- Saxon Road, Heeley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 0YA
Grid Ref :- SK 35045 85000
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.360720 , Long -1.474878
Local Authority :- Sheffield City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1912 -
Record Date :- 15 October 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © IHS Database
Grid Ref :- SK 35045 85000
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.360720 , Long -1.474878
Local Authority :- Sheffield City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1912 -
Record Date :- 15 October 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © IHS Database