RichardB Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Presumably, 1913 or laterwww.picturesheffield.com = s08303 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr stanley Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Found this of the great man himself, situated on a quiet backstreet in Attercliffe. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wha...o/Copied248.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wha...o/Copied247.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 Found this of the great man himself, situated on a quiet backstreet in Attercliffe. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wha...o/Copied248.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wha...o/Copied247.jpg A great find, Thank you; obvious question, which back street in Attercliffe ? A tad too much red wine here (is three buckets too much ?) to register England, never mind Sheffield or a bit of Sheffield ..... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 A great find, Thank you; obvious question, which back street in Attercliffe ? A tad too much red wine here (is three buckets too much ?) to register England, never mind Sheffield or a bit of Sheffield ..... Weren't the research labs on Savile Street? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Would they have been on here? I assume this building has been demolished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr stanley Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 The plaques are on Princess Street (assuming that the're still there after the floods) not far from Norfolk Bridge. Could be on the corner of Lovell Street or the next one down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr stanley Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Just had a quick look on "Live Search", it is Lovell Street ..... Dunsbyowl correctly identified the building, seen here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wha...io/Princess.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 http://www.tilthammer.com/bio/brear.html Extract : In 1912, he was investigating corrosion (rusting) of rifle barrels. As a result of his investigations, he developed a chrome alloy steel which was much more rust resistant than the steel which had been used until then. Brearley resigned from the Firth company in 1915 after arguments about the ownership of the rights to the invention of stainless steel. The company claimed that they owned the rights as Brearley was an employee of the firm. Brearley claimed that he should be entitled to at least half of the ownership. Harry became works manager at Brown Bayley's Steel Works in Sheffield, where he continued with the development and production of stainless steel. He was awarded the Iron and Steel Institute's Bessemer Gold Medal in 1920. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 English Pewter Co. Ltd., Princess Street, Commemorative Plaque to Harry Brealey inventor of Stainless Steel at the former premises of Firth Brown & Co. Ltd., Research Laboratories.http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;c01427&pos=1&action=zoom&id=1932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KNOTTED-STRING-STAIN...p3286.m14.l1318 Starting at £199 !!! ---------------------- Knottted String - Autobiography of a Steel Maker by Harry Brearley Longmans, 1941, 1st edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR + SIGNED LETTER BY THE AUTHOR A remarkable story of a selfmade man. Harry Brearley started life in a Sheffield slum, leaving school at eleven years of age to act as a dinner-carrier at a steel-works, later being promoted to the postition of bottle-washer in the laboratory. By intensive study he educated himself and became an analytical chemist of steel, afterwards achieving fame as the inventor of stainless steel. The book is most interesting and inspiring, and is written throughout with the greatest vigour accompanied by characteristically shrewd Yorkshire wit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POPPYCHRISTINA Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Would they have been on here? I assume this building has been demolished? Photo taken while I have been looking for railway arches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Photo taken while I have been looking for railway arches. Thanks I've seen that Pewter place but never realised what it had been! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KNOTTED-STRING-STAIN...p3286.m14.l1318 Starting at £199 !!! ---------------------- Knottted String - Autobiography of a Steel Maker by Harry Brearley Longmans, 1941, 1st edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR + SIGNED LETTER BY THE AUTHOR A remarkable story of a selfmade man. Harry Brearley started life in a Sheffield slum, leaving school at eleven years of age to act as a dinner-carrier at a steel-works, later being promoted to the postition of bottle-washer in the laboratory. By intensive study he educated himself and became an analytical chemist of steel, afterwards achieving fame as the inventor of stainless steel. The book is most interesting and inspiring, and is written throughout with the greatest vigour accompanied by characteristical ly shrewd Yorkshire wit. Or save yourself a fortune and get hold of a copy of this - published by British Steel and Kelham Island. Not sure if it is still in print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 I often wondered how they did these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieR Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 My Great Auntie Wyn was Harry Brearley's secretary and my Dad has written an article based on Auntie Wyn's papers about Harry. If anyone would like to read it, its at www.totleyhistorygroup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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