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Shepherd Wheel (Sheffield)
 Shepherd Wheel (Sheffield) ... is a water powered grinding workshop located in quiet and green surroundings on the River Porter. The site is the earliest industrial building on this stretch of water, with records going back to the sixteenth century. The grinding hull powered by a waterwheel could once house up to ten men grinding blades at the same time. The site is a Grade II listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Shepherd wheel is a working site and has not been developed, therefore it still has rough and uneven surfaces, and many areas are only accessed by steps. The grinding hall has level access, but the route to the water wheel involves steps.Newest Review: ... Will of 1584 this wheel is referred to as the Potta (Porter) Wheel. The name Shepherds Wheel was probably not given until at least 1794 when a Mr Shepherd held the tenancy of this wheel. In the 1820s this wheel passed into the hands of the Hinde Family, who continued to occupy the site until the 1930s. The Earl of Shrewsbury, who was Lord of the Manor of Sheffield, originally owned the land ... more ... on which Shepherds Wheel stands. During the time of William Beighton the Lord was a man called Gilbert Talbot. When Gilbert died his land passed to his son in law, Thomas Howard, who later became the Duke of Norfolk. The Duke of Norfolk continued to o...more |
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Shepherd Wheel (Sheffield): Shepherd's Wheel, Sheffield (1391 words)
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The Shepherds Wheel is a 16th century water wheel that is located within a workshop in the Porter Brook Valley, about 2 miles to the west of Sheffield City centre. During the industrial revolution, Sheffield was the ideal location for water powered workshops and hundreds of different water wheels were constructed along its five rivers. The earliest recorded records of water being used to power industrial machinery anywhere in the world is from the nearby River Don. It is however known that within a decade of this first water wheel on the River Don that there were over fifty different wheels within Sheffield. Many of these were along the Porter Brook Valley and ... Read the complete review
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