River Don Engine

The River Don Engine is a 1904-built steam engine used for hot rolling steel armour plate. It is a 3-cylinder simple engine of 40 inches diameter, 48 inches stroke.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kelham Island Museum and Crucible Theatre.

Museum
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an industrial museum on Alma Street, alongside the River Don, in the centre of , . It was opened in 1982.

Theater building
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , or simply The Crucible, is a theatre in , , England, which opened in 1971. Its name refers to crucible steel, which was developed in Sheffield in 1740 and drove the industrialisation of the city. is situated 3,500 feet south of River Don Engine.

Bridge
Photo: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 660 feet west of River Don Engine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neepsend and Riverside Quarter.

Suburb
is a suburb of the city of , located just 1 mile north-west of the city centre. The main area of covers the flood plain of the River Don from at the Wicker up to Hillfoot Bridge.

Quarter
The , or Riverside Exchange is one of 's 11 designated City Centre Quarters. Its borders are West Bar, Coulston Street, Bridge Street, Castlegate, Exchange Place and the Parkway to its south, the Wicker Viaduct, Johnson Street, Spitalfields and Nursery Street to the North, and Corporation Street to the west.

Quarter
St Vincent's Quarter is one of 's eleven designated quarters, centring on and named after St Vincent's Church. Primarily an office and industrial location, its regeneration has increased rapidly over the past few years, with the new Metier residential block and Velocity Village office and residential accommodation springing up on the north side of Tenter Street.

River Don Engine

Latitude
53.38986° or 53° 23′ 24″ north
Longitude
-1.4728° or 1° 28′ 22″ west
Open location code
9C5W9GQG+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6263322779
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q7337349
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Discover River Don Engine from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Highlights include Ken Hawley Collection and The Foundry.

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