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Kelham Island Museum

The Kelham Island Museum is an industrial museum on Alma Street, alongside the River Don, in the centre of , . It was opened in 1982.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Saturday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    Sunday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Sheffield, England
  • Also known as: “Kelham Island Electric power station”
  • Address: Alma Street, Sheffield, S3 8SA
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include River Don Engine and Crucible Theatre.

Historic site
The 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.

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 3,400 feet south of Kelham Island Museum.

Bridge
Photo: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 710 feet northwest of Kelham Island Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neepsend and Riverside Quarter.

Suburb
is a suburb of the city of , it stands 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 . 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 , 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.

Kelham Island Museum

Latitude
53.38966° or 53° 23′ 23″ north
Longitude
-1.47269° or 1° 28′ 22″ west
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 61651944
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q6385589
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kelham Island Museum” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ken Hawley Collection and The Foundry.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kelham Island Museum”. Photo: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0.