Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 11 October 2022 to correct a typo in the name and address

SK38NE
784-1/6/644

SHEFFIELD
SAVILE STREET EAST (North West side)
Entrance gateway to Thomas Firth & Sons Siemens Dept

25/03/86

II

Entrance gateway to former steelworks. c1900. Rusticated ashlar. Plinth and flat coping. Carriage arch with segmental head and multiple keystones, with a doorway below. On either side, a recessed panel with keystone lintel, and above a window. All openings now filled with C20 railings. Below the coping is the inscription " Thos Firth & Sons Ltd Siemens Dept". This was the entrance to the Norfolk (steel) Melting Shop of this famous company. The name refers to the use of the Siemens open-hearth process, which was by 1900 the usual method of making steel in bulk. Sheffield's large scale steel industry was largely relocated in this area from the mid C19 onwards.

(Derry TK & William TI: A Short History of Technology: Oxford: 1960-: 484).

Listing NGR: SK3686688675

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539523

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