Steel City: An Illustrated History of Sheffield’s Industry - Softcover

Rotherham, Ian D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1445669188 ISBN 13: 9781445669182

Publisher: Amberley Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Sheffield has an enviable reputation for manufacturing quality, and as a global ‘steel city’; the home of major innovations in steel manufacture and processing. Furthermore, ‘Sheffield plate’ and Sheffield cutlery have been marques of the best in the world. Yet the story of Sheffield industry is much more than simply catalogue of the rise of steel manufacturing and processing. One of the first major industries was located to the north of Sheffield at Wharncliffe Crags (Quern-cliff Crags), and the site of one of the Roman Empire’s largest grindstone or quern-stone manufacturing sites. Like later and better known industrial ventures, the querns were made here because the quarried stone was the best and most suitable that could be found. In the wake of steel, or alongside it, came glass making, brewing, refractory products, power generation, joinery and more.With a wealth of illustrations and an accessible style, Ian D. Rotherham offers a fascinating overview of one of Britain’s great industrial centres.

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About the Author

Ian D. Rotherham, an international authority on cultural and historical aspects of landscapes, is Reader in Tourism & Environmental Change at Sheffield Hallam University. He works with the BBC Radio 4 History Programme, and has appeared in and advised on many documentaries and news programs such as Panorama and Horizon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1445669188
• ISBN 13: 9781445669182
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96