Key Words :- grinding wheel saws

Address :- Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 5PH
Grid Ref :- SK 31716 88263
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.390258 , Long -1.524571
Local Authority :- Sheffield City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site derelict - some buildings remaining
Site Dates :- c1725 - 1936

Description and History of Site:-
William Hoole rented a newly erected wheel here in 1725. It was abandoned by 1936. The weir is a shallow slope of dressed stone with three changes of gradient. Behind the top kerb is a second formed of two arcs. Outline of buildings on either side of central wheel pit with two storey north wall against hillside visible in 1994. Water passed through a stone arch to the breast shot wheel demolished.

Further Reading and References:-
Bayliss, D (ed). A guide to the industrial history of South Yorkshire. Association for Industrial Archaeology, 1995, item G08.
http://rivelinvalley.org.uk/trail/roscoe.php

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