Steel Industry Collection

North Sheffield marked with bombing targets, c. 1940
Full title: Ordnance Survey map of north Sheffield copied by the Germans, and marked with bombing targets, c. 1940 Original at Sheffield Libraries: y06718

William Jessop and Sons Ltd and J. J. Savile and Co Ltd. long service award, 1949
Full title: Long service certificate awarded to William Reynolds by the directors of William Jessop and Sons Ltd and J.J. Savile

Sheffield steel industry
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: u07977

Brown Bayleys Steel Works Ltd. Sheffield - view outside old Bessemer shop
Showing appearance of blast as seen from outside. Billets in foreground are stacked near the side of No. 1 Mill (opposite Bessemer). From an original at Sheffield Libraries: y03994

Running a Large Steel Ingot at Cammel Lairds, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1916
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: s00539

Cyclops Works, Sheffield, Yorkshire, tilting tool steel, 1918
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: s00541

Davy Brothers Ltd. Park Iron Works, Sheffield
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: s09878

Artists Impression of M and H Armitage and Co. Mousehole Forge, River Rivelin
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: w02075

Factories at Le Creusot in 1848, 1855 (oil on paper) (see detail 157311)
CHT164036 Factories at Le Creusot in 1848, 1855 (oil on paper) (see detail 157311) by Bonhomme, Ignace Francois (1809-81); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

Factories at Le Creusot in 1848, 1855 (oil on paper) (detail, see 164036)
CHT157311 Factories at Le Creusot in 1848, 1855 (oil on paper) (detail, see 164036) by Bonhomme, Ignace Francois (1809-81); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

Tapping a Steel Furnace, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Tapping a Steel Furnace, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

The King of Trusts. Andrew Carnegie. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2796308 The King of Trusts. Andrew Carnegie. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Fornaro, Carlo de (1872-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: The King of Trusts)

Thomas Turton and Sons, Sheaf Works, Cadman Street and Maltravers Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1858
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: s09764

A slab of steel rolls down the line at the Novolipetsk Steel PAO steel mill in Farrell, Pennsylvania, U.S. March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk

A catenary is seen on a train locomotive parked at a so-called train cemetery inside a
A catenary is seen on a train locomotive parked at a so-called " train cemetery" inside a marshalling yard in Sotteville-Les-Rouen, near Rouen, France, April 12, 2018

The Pinkerton workers left the Carnegie Steel Company created by Andrew Carnegie during the strikes in the town of
NWI4826307 The Pinkerton workers left the Carnegie Steel Company created by Andrew Carnegie during the strikes in the town of Homestead, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1892

Worker working in the coke ovens of the Pittsburgh steel industry rising the workers' city above, 1880
NWI4826584 Worker working in the coke ovens of the Pittsburgh steel industry rising the workers' city above, 1880. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info)

Workers of a coke-furnace steel plant in Pennsylvania, 1880. Coloured engraving of the 19th century
NWI4828181 Workers of a coke-furnace steel plant in Pennsylvania, 1880. Coloured engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Workers of a coke-furnace steel plant in Pennsylvania, 1880)

Steel Works and Blast Furnaces, Pittsburg (litho)
8631756 Steel Works and Blast Furnaces, Pittsburg (litho) by Goble, Warwick (1862-1943) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Steel Works and Blast Furnaces, Pittsburg)

American steel workers (metallurgists, steelworkers) lined up, waiting for their pay
NWI4828491 American steel workers (metallurgists, steelworkers) lined up, waiting for their pay, in front of the Homestead Works settlement wagon in 1901 - Colorized engraving of an illustration

Boat caught fire during strikes by Carnegie Steel Company created by Andrew Carnegie in the town of Homestead
NWI4826420 Boat caught fire during strikes by Carnegie Steel Company created by Andrew Carnegie in the town of Homestead, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1892

Music. Opera. The dwarf Mime and Siegfried in the forge. Illustration in: Siegfried, opera by Richard Wagner (1876)
3434048 Music. Opera. The dwarf Mime and Siegfried in the forge. Illustration in: Siegfried, opera by Richard Wagner (1876), Germany, c.1910 (postcard); (add.info.: Opera. Coll. Part. Music. Opera)

An iron and steel worker watching a Bessemer converter, circa 1800 - Colourful engraving of a 19th century illustration
NWI4828593 An iron and steel worker watching a Bessemer converter, circa 1800 - Colourful engraving of a 19th century illustration - (Steel-mill worker overseeing a Bessemer steel converter, 1800s)

Steel converter (convertisseur d'acier). 19th century (object)
UIG5429750 Steel converter (convertisseur d'acier). 19th century (object); Dorling Kindersley/UIG.

Steel Industry: Middlesbrough Blast Furnaces, England. Engraving 1886
JAB4120612 Steel Industry: Middlesbrough Blast Furnaces, England. Engraving 1886; (add.info.: Steel Industry: Middlesbrough Blast Furnaces, England. Engraving 1886); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

View of the Krupp factories in Essen, Germany producing cannons, portrait of Alfred and Friedrich Alfred Krupp
ELD4858062 View of the Krupp factories in Essen, Germany producing cannons, portrait of Alfred and Friedrich Alfred Krupp, 1908 (View of industrial site of Krupp guns manufactories)

Battery of rolling mills producing steel rail
863333 Battery of rolling mills producing steel rail; (add.info.: A battery of rolling mills producing steel rail. Illustration by the British artist William Heysman Overend (1851-1898)

Forge, 1871-1906. Creator: Pieter de Josselin de Jong
Forge, 1871-1906

Detroit Iron and Steel Co. Detroit, Mich. c1903. Creator: Unknown
Detroit Iron and Steel Co. Detroit, Mich. c1903

Edward Nash Hurley, Right, with James A. Farrell, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Edward Nash Hurley, Right, with James A. Farrell, 1914. Businessman and inventor Hurley with James Augustine Farrell Sr. president of US Steel

Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House of Representatives Committees - Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Popularly Called Steel Trust Investigating Committee Or Stanley Committee

Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp, January 12, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House of Representatives Committees - Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Popularly Called Steel Trust Investigating Committee Or Stanley Committee

Bid Board Office of Supplies & Accounts Navy Dept, between 1915 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Bid Board Office of Supplies & Accounts Navy Dept, between 1915 and 1920. USA. Graph with prices in pounds and hundredweights for Pittsburgh steel in sheet, galvanised and bar form

U.S. Steel Corporation, Lindaburg, Richard, Ream, Norman B. Roberts, Percival, Gary... 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
U.S. Steel Corporation, Richard Lindaburg, Norman B. Ream, Percival Roberts, and Elbert Henry Gary. [US businessmen: Norman Bruce Ream became a millionaire by investing in steel, railroads

Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House of Representatives Committees - Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Popularly Called Steel Trust Investigating Committee Or Stanley Committee

Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
House of Representatives, Committees - Special Committee On The Investigation of The U.S. Steel Corp. January 12, 1912. Popularly Called Steel Trust Investigating Committee Or Stanley Committee

Yorkshire Coal Exchange members visit to Hadfields Ltd. East Hecla Works, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1938
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: y13493

Blast furnace at the Stanton Iron Co, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1962. Iron production had taken place in the Ilkeston area since Roman times

The iron and steel works at Barrow, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

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Brown Bayleys Steel Works Ltd. Foundry Workers, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1908
Colourised from a black and white original. Original at Sheffield Libraries: y03987

Scale flies off of a steel coil as it is unrolled on the line at the Novolipetsk Steel PAO steel mill in Farrell, Pennsylvania, U.S. March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk

Horns of a train locomotive which is parked at a so-called train cemetery are seen
Horns of a train locomotive which is parked at a so-called " train cemetery" are seen inside a marshalling yard in Sotteville-Les-Rouen, near Rouen, France, April 12, 2018

A metal construction is welded at the Ariel Metal steel trader warehouse in Podolsk outside Moscow, Russia February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

A steel coil is unrolled on the line at the Novolipetsk Steel PAO steel mill in Farrell, Pennsylvania, U.S. March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk

Water and steam fly off of a slab of steel rolls down the line at the Novolipetsk Steel PAO steel mill in Farrell, Pennsylvania, U.S. March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk

A worker arranges steel structures at construction site of apartment in Hanoi
A worker arranges steel structures at a construction site of an apartment in Hanoi June 14, 2013. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT REAL ESTATE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Water runs off a steel coil as it is unrolled on the line at the Novolipetsk Steel PAO
Steam rolls off a slab of steel as it rolls down the line at the Novolipetsk Steel PAO steel mill in Farrell, Pennsylvania, U.S. March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk

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The steel industry has long been a vital part of Sheffield's history, shaping the city and its people in more ways than one. From the North Sheffield marked with bombing targets during World War II to the iconic Brown Bayleys Steel Works Ltd. , this industry has left an indelible mark on the landscape. One can imagine the hustle and bustle outside the old Bessemer shop at Brown Bayleys Steel Works Ltd. , where workers toiled tirelessly to produce high-quality steel. The sight of a large steel ingot being run at Cammel Lairds in 1916 showcases both the sheer size and power of this industry. At Cyclops Works in Sheffield, Yorkshire, tilting tool steel was crafted with precision in 1918. This attention to detail is evident even in historical depictions such as Factories at Le Creusot in 1848 and 1855, captured beautifully on paper. Davy Brothers Ltd. 's Park Iron Works stood as a testament to innovation and progress within the steel industry. Meanwhile, William Jessop and Sons Ltd. And J. J. Savile & Co Ltd. 's long service award from 1949 exemplifies dedication that spanned generations. Artists' impressions transport us back to M & H Armitage & Co. 's Mousehole Forge by River Rivelin, showcasing not only industrial prowess but also how nature coexisted alongside these factories. No discussion about the steel industry would be complete without mentioning Andrew Carnegie - "The King of Trusts. " His influence extended far beyond Sheffield, leaving an enduring legacy that still resonates today. Finally, Thomas Turton & Sons' Sheaf Works serves as a reminder of how this industry shaped entire streetscapes like Cadman Street and Maltravers Street back in 1858.