[10439] Sheffield : Sheaf Tunnel

Castlegate, Sheffield.

Here, the River Sheaf re-emerges after passing through a long tunnel beneath Sheffield Railway Station. The Sheaf joins the River Don at this point. The tunnel carries an AD 1916 date stone.

 

On the left are the former gents toilets which, I believe, are Grade ll listed as an integral part of the listed Blonk Bridge (extreme left).

 

Sheffield's fast flowing rivers provided waterpower for the cutler's wheels that fuelled the city's early industrial success. But as Sheffield continued to expand and prosper, the rivers suffered. They were dammed and diverted, and in some places completely disappeared beneath the growing city. The age of railways and canals help to redraw the landscape of the city and by the 20th century Sheffield's ancient rivers were a mere footnote in the urban landscape.

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