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Sheffield Flood, Damage at Old Wheel, Loxley

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Ref No:	s00916
Title:	Sheffield Flood, Damage at Old Wheel, Loxley
Location:	Sheffield_Loxley
Date:	1864/03
Date Period:	1851-1899
Photographer:	Laurence Frederick Peacock
Notes:	Information from Malcolm Nunn, Bradfield Parish Council Archivist. This is an image used in slide lectures/ magic lantern shows by photographer Mr. Peacock. His notes to accompany the lectures also included some of his experiences while taking the photograph. The Loxley Old Wheel Tilt and Forge where a great deal of damage was done. The youths were at work at the Tilt, one climbed up the chimney, another scrambled up a pole and then onto the beams of the roof but the third was drowned. The Tilt Forge were wrecked and the bridge went along with the building. For more information see: The Great Sheffield 1864 Harrison. Ref: 942.74 S. The Collapse of the Dale Dyke Dam 1864, Geoffrey Amey. Ref. 942.74 SST. For further information see: Water Power on the Sheffield Rivers edited by David Crossley. Ref: 621.21 SQ.
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