Cementation Furnace
The Cementation furnace in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England is a Grade II Listed Building and is the only example of this type of steel making furnace to survive intact in Great Britain.Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Heritage site
- Description: steel making furnace in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Cementation furnace, Hoyle Street” and “Cementation furnace, Sheffield”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kelham Island Museum and Crucible Theatre.
Kelham Island Museum
Museum
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kelham Island Museum is an industrial museum on Alma Street, alongside the River Don, in the centre of Sheffield, England. It was opened in 1982. Kelham Island Museum is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Cementation Furnace.
Crucible Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Crucible Theatre, or simply The Crucible, is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 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. Crucible Theatre is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Cementation Furnace.
Bramall Lane
Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Bramall Lane is a football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which is the home of Sheffield United. The stadium was originally a cricket ground, built on a road named after the Bramall family of file and graver manufacturers. Bramall Lane is situated 1¼ miles south of Cementation Furnace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Vincent’s Quarter and Netherthorpe.
St Vincent’s Quarter
Quarter
St Vincent's Quarter is one of Sheffield'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.
Netherthorpe
Suburb
Netherthorpe is a suburb of the City of Sheffield in England. It is one mile west of the city centre. It is mostly an area of local government built housing situated on a considerable slope running downhill from the Brook Hill roundabout, at a height of 350 feet, towards the Shalesmoor roundabout at a height of 160 feet over a distance of half a mile.
Neepsend
Suburb
Neepsend is a suburb of the city of Sheffield, located just 1 mile north-west of the city centre. The main area of Neepsend covers the flood plain of the River Don from Lady's Bridge at the Wicker up to Hillfoot Bridge.
Cementation Furnace
- Categories: furnace, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.38735° or 53° 23′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.47752° or 1° 28′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C5W9GPC+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 107004890OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritageWikidata ID
Q5058660
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