Roger Stevenson Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 When was the course of the river in the Ponds and the Dixon Lane area covered over ? I'm talking about the stretch from Pond Hill to the junction of the River Don When open to view, were any photos taken ? Remains of the bridge over the river at the bottom of Dixon Lane were discovered when the new building at that location was being constructed. Time wasn't allowed by contractors for a detailed examination, what a shame ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Exchange Street to the River Don was in 1914, the upper section was culverted prior to the building of the Midland railway, and the Station which opened in 1870. Edit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Stevenson Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 1 minute ago, SteveHB said: Exchange Street to the River Don was in 1914, the upper section was culverted to build the Midland Station, which opened in 1870. Hi Steve and thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 The Engineer - Volume 122 - Page 506 books.google.co.uk. Pdf file - https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Engineer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Looking towards Blonk Street Bridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 This Map shows Dixon Lane and the "Bridge" known as Hospital Bridge and the confluence of the Rivers Sheaf & Don. A map of the dams, goights and other works belonging to the Pond Forge Co together with some other intermediate properties. 1820. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04213&pos=15&action=zoom&id=105197 Boardman's Bridge, wear [weir], Porter Brook, goight, River Sheaf, Upper Dam, Sheaf Lane, bridge, Upper Forge Wheel, dam, Upper Forge, Sheaf Mill, steam engine, Lower Forge, grinding wheel, arched goight, tail goight, Shude Hill, Hospital Bridge, hospitals, Sheaf Bridge, Castle Orchards Wear [weir], River Dun [River Don], Pond Street, Forge Lane, Pond Well Hill. Late Joseph Ward, John Hounsfield, Josiah Blackwell, late Abraham Wright, S. Woodcock and Sons, Joseph Blackburn, Thomas Mearbeck and Co., S. Rawson and Co. [?Thomas Rawson and Co], Joseph Shimmeld, John Vickers, Sheffield Gas Light Co., S. and S. Darwin, Sarah Beeley, Widow Beardsall, John Hale, Widow Badger, and J. B. Ward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Plan of part of the town of Sheffield, comprising the site of the present and proposed corn, hay and cattle markets, also various improvements connected with the latter. 1827. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04183&pos=13&action=zoom&id=104936 With illustrations of proposed Corn Exchange, elevation of the houses fronting the new Hay Market, and an elevation of the bridge over the Dun [Don]. Reference a - proposed corn exchange and office, b - erections on each side of Corn Exchange, c - weighing machine, d - row of shops. Inns in the immediate vicinity of the present Hay and Corn Markets 1 George, 2 King’s Head, 3 Angel, 4 Commercial, 5 Yellow Lion, 6 Tontine, 7 Healeys Hotel. The sites of the present Hay, Corn and Cattle markets are coloured red, and proposed are coloured blue. Other improvements are shown in yellow. Marked are: Market Place, Angel Street, Angel Inn, old corn market, King Street, post office, Change Alley, Kings Head, Fruit Market, Market Street, Norfolk Street, John Street, Commercial Inn, Hay Market, Yellow Lion, Pond Lane, Shude Hill, Fish Market, Dixon Lane, Tontine Inn, Castle Folds, Castle Hill, Healeys Hotel, Sheaf Bridge, River Sheaf, canal bridge, proposed Hay market, proposed Corn Market, Broad Street, Canal Basin, Canal Warehouse, market for fat cattle, lean cattle and milch cows, pig market, sheep market, River Dun [River Don], Willey Street, Blonck Street, Wicker, Cattle Market, Ladys Bridge, Bridge Street, Wain Gate, Town Hall, Killing Shambles and Castle Street. Plan of part of the town of Sheffield showing the existing markets, the property of His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, and the projected improvements. 1847. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04187&pos=14&action=zoom&id=104946 Marked: Change Alley, Norfolk Street, Bakers Hill, Pond Lane, Market Street, Shude Hill, present Shambles, King Street, Old Hay Market, Angel Street, Post Office, Castle Street, Snig Hill, Town Hall, Waingate, Killing Shambles, Castle Hill, Castle Folds, Dixon Lane, proposed market [Norfolk Market Hall], River Sheaf, new market ground, fountain, Corn Market, Broad Street, Hay Market, Exchange Street, canal warehouse, Canal Wharf, Canal Basin, Blast Furnace Road, Sheaf Works, Wharf Street, Effingham Street, Maltravers Street, fair ground [fairground], cattle market, River Don, reservoir, Willey Street, Blonk Street, Wicker, Nursery Street, Wicker Lane, Stanley Street, Stanley Lane, Andrew Street, Johnson Street, Walker Street, Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, Midland Railway Station [Wicker Railway Station] and railway station [Bridgehouses Station]. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 A correct plan of the town of Sheffield by William Fairbank. 1771 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y09647&pos=7&action=zoom&id=3590 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Published: May 2 1867 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Pond Hill (Dyer's Hill), and Harmer Lane, Bedford Dam (south), Ponds Dam (north). c.1853 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Rear of The Alexandra Theatre on Blonk Street and River Sheaf prior to culverting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 The Canal Basin measured for the Duke of Norfolk, with the line of Exchange Street plotted, [1817] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04186&pos=5&action=zoom&id=104945 Marked: The Wicker, Blonk Street, Ladys Bridge, weir, River Dun [River Don], intended bridge [Blonk Bridge], Wain Gate, Town Hall, Castle Hill, Castle Street, Castle Folds, Hay Market, Tontine [Tontine Inn], Dixon Lane, Sheaf Bridge, River Sheaf [intended bridge], Broad Steet, hospitals and chapel [Shrewsbury Hospital], shuttle, warehouses, [canal] Basin, Soap House. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Property on the corner of Castle Folds and Broad Street, on the bank of the River Sheaf, [1821-1827] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03421&pos=3&action=zoom&id=98685 The site of Castlefolds Market. Shows Dixon Lane & Hospital Bridge. Needs a bit of manipulation to view. Scanned upside down. Plan of the property on the west bank of the River Sheaf, between the Hospital bridge and the bridge leading to the Canal basin [Exchange Street], [c. 1817-1821] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03420&pos=2&action=zoom&id=98683 Premises numbered and listed with tenants and yardages. Tontine Inn. (site of Castlefolds Market). Dixon Lane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Demolition of Alexandra Theatre, Blonk Street, showing the combined flow of rivers Don and Sheaf flowing underneath. Built 1837, by Mr Egan. Originally known as The Adelphi Circus Theatre. Demolished 1914. s01597 Photograph was taken during the demolition of the theatre, which closed in 1914 For more information see 'The Lost Theatres of Sheffield', by Bryen D. Hillerby. Cat. No. 792.0942.4S. Rear of Alexandra Theatre, showing the combined flow of the rivers Don and Sheaf, from Sheaf Bridge, Exchange Street. 1909.s12204 River Don meets River Sheaf looking towards Blonk Street Bridge, Alexandra Theatre in background. u03245 River Don meets River Sheaf looking towards Blonk Street Bridge, Alexandra Theatre in background. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;v00945&pos=7&action=zoom&id=42736 Site of Alexandra Theatre, left (demolished May 1914), at the point where the River Sheaf meets the River Don, photographed from Blonk Bridge, looking towards Exchange Street Bridge. Tower in background, left, belonging to the Corn Exchange. May 1914.u03301 Alexandra Opera House, Smithfield Hotel, Victoria Hotel, Blonk Street on Ordnance Survey Map. 1890. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y06788&pos=22&action=zoom&id=59988 OS Map 294.8.12. 1890. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;q00081&pos=30&action=zoom&id=152389 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Dyer's Hill (Pond Hill) to Sheaf Bridge, c.1850 https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Sheaf Bridge to Blonk Bridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Culvert for the River Sheaf which now runs from opposite Midland Railway Station to the outfall beside Blonk Street Bridge into the River Don. 12th May 1910. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;v00925&pos=18&action=zoom&id=42717 Copyright: Jill Dalton Note the high quality triple layered brickwork which is still in place today. Left side view from Exchange Street Bridge, River Sheaf below, 1913-1914. y00270 Taken from 'Properties to be Demolished', 1913 and 1914., Cat. No. 914.274 SQ. Castlegate end of the Sheaf Culvert, built 1916 over the River Sheaf; Wilkes Brothers and Co. Ltd., ironmongers are just visible in the background (right) 6th July 1929.u04625 Photographer: City Engineers, Bridges Department. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 The Canal Basin measured for the Duke of Norfolk, with the line of Exchange Street plotted, [1817] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04186&pos=50&action=zoom&id=104945 Marked: The Wicker, Blonk Street, Ladys Bridge, weir, River Dun [River Don], intended bridge [Blonk Bridge], Wain Gate, Town Hall, Castle Hill, Castle Street, Castle Folds, Hay Market, Tontine [Tontine Inn], Dixon Lane, Sheaf Bridge, River Sheaf [intended bridge], Broad Steet, hospitals and chapel [Shrewsbury Hospital], shuttle, warehouses, [canal] Basin, Soap House. Plan of Sheffield Castle about 1700 (1706?) drawn in the 1930s https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y09509&pos=56&action=zoom&id=64229 A plan of the House, Croft, etc. near the Hospitals held under the Duke of Norfolk by George Crook, containing in all 3a [acres], 3r [rods], 3p [perches] 1769. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03384&pos=61&action=zoom&id=98620 Land between Broad Street, the River Sheaf and South Street. Crookes [Crook's] Croft, on the west bank of the Sheaf, south of the Shrewsbury Hospital; new Coal Road marked, with acreage taken for it; buildings, summer house and well; acreage of the whole. Coloured, on parchment. (Sheaf Lane, Sheaf Street, Granville Hill, South Street, Shrewsbury Hospital) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Sheffield Castle excavations recorded by J.B. Himsworth. Plan showing section of bank overlooking Castlegate Road and The Don. 31st October 1830. y00919 Taken from 'Sheffield Castle Excavations', by J.B. Himsworth, Ref: 914.274 SQ. I'm sure there's a better image somewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysanderix Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Amazing ….thanks to you all for this revelation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 River Sheaf culvert extension to the River Don. u08993 All Photographs : Roger Pearson River Sheaf Culvert extension to the River Don. u08995 Culvert on the Rivers Sheaf. (locations not given) u08992 u08991 u08989 Culvert on the River Sheaf at Pond Hill Bridge. u08990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 5 minutes ago, Lysanderix said: Amazing ….thanks to you all for this revelation! It's thanks to Roger Stevenson for asking the question. I've learnt a lot today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Stevenson Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 2 hours ago, Lysanderix said: Amazing ….thanks to you all for this revelation! And a big thanks from me who started this particular post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History dude Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 If you did un-culvert the Sheaf then you would destroy all that lovely brickwork seen in the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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