[Lianndi]

I am not sure what river that is under what i guess must be malin bridge...but thats not the question
the question is - why are there those step like things in the river? is it to help change the course of the river or something?
Help u Sheffield experts

[Grissom]

Not sure of the answer to your question but whilst looking on the net I found this about a flood that killed many in Sheffield and occured in that region 140 years ago. Malin Bridge area was the worst affected.

"In arguably the greatest tragedy ever to befall Sheffield — indeed one of Britain's worst disasters, in terms of loss of life — almost 250 people perished, possibly more, when a reservoir dam burst in the hills a few miles from the town, shortly before midnight on the night of 11th March 1864. The entire reservoir is said to have emptied in only 47 minutes, as in excess of a hundred million cubic feet of water (between 600 and 700 million gallons, or — as noted in one of the articles — two million tons weight) crashed down the Loxley and lower river valleys, destroying almost everything in its path and inflicting terrible damage to property and livelihoods in its wake. These two articles, written just a week later, describe some of the events that night and in the immediate aftermath."

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb..../mv_flood.html

Photos of the destruction can be seen here :

http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/personal/.../picindex.html

[Yorkie]

Originally posted by Lianndi
I am not sure what river that is under what i guess must be malin bridge...but thats not the question
the question is - why are there those step like things in the river? is it to help change the course of the river or something?
Help u Sheffield experts

The River Loxley and the River Rivelin merge near Malin Bridge and flow together alongside Holme Lane and Bradfield Road until they cross under Penistone Road and join the River Don.

Those steps are called weirs. They were built long ago to accumulate river water behind them so that the height of water increased and could then be used to drive water wheels.

The Rivelin and Loxley Valleys were full of waterwheel powered steel forges, rolling mills and grinding shops in the 1800's.

Then along came steam...

[duffman]

You can still see one of the wheels at Malin Bridge. Just go to the end of Holme lane and when you Get to Stannington road you will see it.

[snowboarder]

The last undershot water wheel left in Sheffield...in a bit of a sorry state now.....will never turn again

[Lianndi]

For solving the mystery Yorkie....
Are you a chocolate bar too?

Now I know exactly what the five weirs walk is now!!! Cool

[Rich]

There's still the water wheel, forget what they call it, towards the back end of Endcliffe Park I believe, at least I think there is, after all it was like 20 years ago when I visited it with Rivelin Valley juniors.

[fuzzy]

That would be Shepherd's Wheel. (not sure that is spelt right?)

[Rich]

Originally posted by fuzzy
That would be Shepherd's Wheel. (not sure that is spelt right?)

Yes! That's it!

[snowboarder]

Little known water wheel in SHeffield is also very close to Endcliffe Park at Hunters Bar and thats the underground one situated within the Sharrow Snuff Mill works off Sharrow Vale Road. I was lucky enough to arrange a private visit 2 years ago to take some film, and they actually ran it for me. Its completely original and made of wood, and runs the original 200 yr old snuff grinding mill, still perfectly preserved. Not open to the public but its like going back in time......accessible only through the Snuff mill main old buildings, its downstairs in their basement level, below the level of the adjacent dam which connects to the River Porter....also a little known fact. The only working remains of all the water wheels along the river porter east of the Shepherd wheel (which has not run for 10 years or more due to leaking dam)

[Squiggs]

there's plenty of water wheels in the river at malin bridge/hillsborough corner..










....four of the things on every old rusty supermarket trolley that's sat there half-submerged!!

[Yorkie]

If you want to take the kids to see a working water-driven flour mill, then I recommend a visit to Worsborough Mill, on the road to Barnsley.



Click me - I'm a water-driven flour mill

[Yorkie]

Originally posted by Lianndi

Yorkie....

Are you a chocolate bar too?

Yes - guaranteed to melt in your hand.

[Greybeard]

Originally posted by Squiggs
there's plenty of water wheels in the river at malin bridge/hillsborough corner..
...four of the things on every old rusty supermarket trolley that's sat there half-submerged!!

That shopping trolley in the river at Hillsborough has been there for months now....it will end up as a monument to our Council's civic pride.

Heaven knows what impression visitors take home with them.

[tiffy]

In Sheffield - the Chairman of the Parson Cross Heritage Society took a group of local history fans on a walk around Ecclesfield - he points something out to which everyone shouts 'weir'? (where)
- he walks off smiling thinking, '4 more to go'!

[Rich]

LMAO! Good joke that!

[carcrash]

Abbeydale industrial Hamlet has a working Water wheel