Detail View: SHIMMER: Steam hammer
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Title:
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Steam hammer
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Creation Date:
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1947
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Dimensions:
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5 tons
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Image Date:
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1996
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Display Creator:
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Brightside Engineering Company
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Terms:
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Heritage objects
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Image ID:
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96-0569
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Description:
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Steam hammer used by Firth Brown Co. Ltd to forge steel rings. Sited on the corner of Firth Brown's works, Saville Street, Lower Don Valley - now demolished. Sheffield Devleopment Corporation restored this hammer and sited it here in 1994.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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Brightside Engineering Company
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Creator Role:
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Manufacturers. Based in Sheffield.
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Subject Heading:
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Industrial equipment
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Subject Heading:
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Heritage tourism -- England -- Sheffield
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