Sheffield History Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Unknown building here. Not sure if it's being built or torn down but either way it's really interesting looking Anyone know what it is and where it is/was? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddy Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Possible destructor building Penistone Road, "edit" or not, looking at Picture Sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unrecordings Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Rather than being knocked down, I think it's 'in use' It feel a bit railway ish to me. looks to be some cementation furnaces in the background, so I'm wildly guessing Attercliffe I've a hunch this building lurks in the background of a photo that was discussed a few months ago - now to find that thread... I think it's round here somewhere on the right: https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/16101-industrial-panorama/?tab=comments#comment-136891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meersbrook Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Looks like it has just been built and in final stages of finishing to me. Still no idea where it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History dude Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Looks a bit grimy if it's being built. Also that side with the steel girder looks like it's been blocked up. Does look railway to me too. Possibly a coaling shed or a goods shed. It seems to railway type awning on the back roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 The building has a chimney attached. The rear upper storey appears to be open, ie no wall, and has "stuff" piled up. The upper storey is set up for carrying a good deal of weight courtesy of the horizontal girders. Three wheelbarrows are in attendance, more useful at the construction stage than demolition. Surely it must be the Lumley Street Destructor which was first operated on 25th March 1897, so providing an approximate date for the photograph. It cost £21,000 and could dispose of 60 tons of ash pit and midden waste every 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unrecordings Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Now that is a serious contender - the brickwork is identical apart from the two end windows are missing (and obviously no chimney but that can be explained) I think the roof is longer, but my eyes aren't working properly yet Were these things built to a standard design - might there have been more of them in the city ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unrecordings Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 26 minutes ago, unrecordings said: (and obviously no chimney but that can be explained) actually no I can't... note to self, why would one image have a chimney and no windows, while the other has windows and no chimney ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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