Description and History of Site:-
Site of late 18th century ironworks. Still working in 1837 coal and iron brought from Tinsley Common in small wagons carried on canal barges. Booth & Co made steam pumping engines here by 1810 and into 1830s. Davy Bros (founded 1830) and made castings lathes grinding and mortar mills sawmills and steam engines one being a locomotive for Sheffield & Rotherham Railway. They moved here 1850-51 and made rolling mills steam hammers Bessemer converters and other steel plant along with sugar and textile machinery. 1855 steam engines survive in Sheffield at Abbeydale (qv) and the River Don Engine of 1905 (qv). Large forging presses made from 1885. Moved to Prince of Wales Road Darnall over the period 1921-53. Cammells took over the site and then Tempered Spring who made anti-roll bars for cars. Buildings including large double-gabled late 19th century fabrication shop extant in 1995 demolished by 2014 and site vacant.

Further Reading and References:-
A Guide to the Industrial History of South Yorkshire Derek Baylis Ed AIA 1995 F02

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Key Words :- engineering works

Viewing the Site :- Site only no above gound remains now visible

Address :- Effingham Street/Foley Street, Norfolk Bridge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S4
Grid Ref :- SK 36854 88058
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.388084 , Long -1.447342
Local Authority :- Sheffield City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site demolished or no longer extant
Site Condition :- Site cleared - no above ground remains visible
Record Date :- 15 October 2015

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