Description

SHEFFIELD

SK3487NE DONCASTER STREET
784-1/18/254 (South West side)
Cementation Furnace

II

Cementation furnace. Late C19, restored mid C20. Brick with
wrought-iron reinforcement. Conical tower, topped with a
square flue with iron flap damper. Short coped flanking walls
on 2 sides. On one side, a square access hole for loading and
discharging, with a half-round stoke hole below. On the other
side, a similar access hole with damper handles above.
This furnace is designed for the manufacture of blister steel,
the original raw material for crucible steel. Blister steel
was little used for this purpose after c1870, but this furnace
remained in use until 1952. It is the sole survivor of a
characteristic industrial building once numerous in Sheffield.
The cementation furnace is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: SK3484887959

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Cementation furnace, Sheffield at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5058660

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  For the Record
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy