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This is my view as I drive into Sheffield on my way home from work each evening. On this occasion I decided to stop and take a photograph.
,,, a tiny corner of Victorian Sheffield City Centre lost in the sprawling Hallam University campus.
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Grade 1 listed 18th century manor house, privately owned and now divided into separate residences. Adjacent to, and here seen from, Sheffield Park Gardens, owned by The National Trust and open to the public.
Sheffield Forgemasters is a heavy engineering firm located in Sheffield, England. It is one of the few remaining steel businesses in what was the heart of Britain's steel industry, with origins dating back to the 1750s. The company specialises in the production of large bespoke steel castings and forgings, as well as standard rolls, ingots and bars. The photo here shows the bag fitration plant which cleans the dust and gases from the electric arc furnaces it operates.
In the 1980s, Forgemasters manufactured components for the Iraqi Project Babylon "supergun", which it had believed were for a petrochemical refinery. The British investigation exonerated the company's directors, and the incident became known as the Supergun affair.
The next 40 years saw a rather turbulent period for the company. First, it was divided and sold to American buyers in 1998, although the Sheffield Forgemasters name was retained. Then, in 2003, the new owners went bust and the business was eventually acquired in 2005 by another new owner. In the summer of 2007, severe flooding from the River Don caused a complete work stoppage. However, three weeks after the event, repairs were ahead of schedule and the works were approaching full production.
Forgemasters suffered as the British steel industry declined in the early 2010s. But the company's financial health attracted attention due to its involvement in Britain's nuclear submarine programme and the next few years saw various efforts to secure the company's future. In July 2021, the UK government announced that the Ministry of Defence had launched an offer to take over the company for £2.56 million, and intended to invest a further £400 million over the next decade to support defence outputs. Sheffield Forgemasters is now capable of producing the largest and most technically challenging cast and forged steel components in the world.
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The gardens at Sheffield Park ... most of the trees still need a week or so to change to their Autumnal colours.
This is 9 images stitched together in LR.
Housatonic GP35M 3600 leads southbound train NX-12 past a field on a sunny spring afternoon in Sheffield. The red building is home to Sheffield Pottery.
1951 Oaks Motel on Texas State Highway 290 and the 1920s Old Spanish Trail (OST) auto trail. The OST auto trail linked San Augustine, Florida and San Diego, California. What a drive that must have been! When I-10 was constructed in the 1960s, it bypassed Sheffield, and hurt the small town's economy. Thanks to oil and gas operations in the area and local ranching the town still supported 15 businesses in 2000. Most of those businesses are now gone.
The Tin Cup Cafe sits directly behind the tattered U.S. Flag, and is open 5 days a week for lunch and dinner. Check out their Pancho Burger.