Description and History of Site:-
Late C19 two-and three-storey brick buildings empty and derelict in 1994. Residential in 2012. Hand forge chimneys in Ball Street and a splendid plaster sign on the gable by Ball Street Bridge. Occupied in 1881 by Alfred Beckett & Sons, manufacturers of steel, saws, files, engineers' tools, machine knives &c. Also cast steel engineers' hammers. They used the “Matchless†trademark.This company continued at the Brooklyn Works up to 1967 when they were bought out by the Tempered Spring Company Ltd of Sheffield. In the 1990s the then disused works were converted to mixed residential and commercial uses.
Further Reading and References:-Bayliss, D (ed). A guide to the industrial history of South Yorkshire. Association for Industrial Archaeology, 1995, item H10.
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Key Words :- agricultural tools manufacturing
Address :- Green Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 8BB
Grid Ref :- SK 34973 88206
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.389541 , Long -1.475606
Local Authority :- Sheffield City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1255043,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- late C19 -
Record Date :- 6 May 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © IHS Database
Grid Ref :- SK 34973 88206
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.389541 , Long -1.475606
Local Authority :- Sheffield City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1255043,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- late C19 -
Record Date :- 6 May 2015
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © IHS Database