EPW016275 ENGLAND (1926). Cammell Laird and Co Yorkshire Steel and Iron Works, Penistone, 1926

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Title [EPW016275] Cammell Laird and Co Yorkshire Steel and Iron Works, Penistone, 1926
Reference EPW016275
Date 14-July-1926
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Place name PENISTONE
Parish PENISTONE
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 425242, 403024
Longitude / Latitude -1.6192187291214, 53.523029757428
National Grid Reference SE252030

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Huddersfield junction signal box (later named Penistone after 1981). Closed 1998.

Rob Daniels
Friday 8th of April 2022 09:02:22 PM
this building was home to Bessemer converters when it was built in 1862 it was the first factory designed specially for Bessemer converters.

penistone history archives
Monday 14th of November 2016 08:53:35 PM
This dam had a nickname everybody called it the nibble nobody knows why? if anybody as any idea why, I would be pleased to hear what they have to say .

penistone history archives
Monday 14th of November 2016 08:47:43 PM
here is the old side 22 acres on this side

penistone history archives
Monday 14th of November 2016 08:42:26 PM
This is the subway that connected the old and new side together.

penistone history archives
Monday 14th of November 2016 08:39:46 PM
all this land on the south side was known as the new side. the 2 halves of the works were connected by a subway under the mainline railway

penistone history archives
Monday 14th of November 2016 08:37:47 PM
this was the new tyre department full of modern state of the art machinery

penistone history archives
Monday 14th of November 2016 08:33:11 PM
this was siemens melting shop which had 6 60 ton open hearth furnaces inside 3 basic and 3 acid

penistone history archives
Monday 14th of November 2016 08:30:04 PM
Ex Great Central line from Sheffield (Victoria) to Manchester (London Road) via the Woodhead tunnel.

John Wass
Friday 15th of May 2015 03:59:37 PM
Ex Lancashire & Yorkshire railway Huddersfield via Denby Dale.

John Wass
Friday 15th of May 2015 03:59:10 PM
No, this is not the Huddersfield line, which ran from the other side of the main line.

It's actually an internal rail line connecting the "Old side" to the "New Side", this being where the Siemens shop and tyre mill was located. It passed underneath the main line.

DJS
Friday 22nd of July 2016 06:35:54 PM

User Comment Contributions

smashing photo of cammell & lairds at Penistone also known as Yorkshire steel and iron co mostly covered now by private housing estates

penistone history archives
Monday 7th of November 2016 12:12:59 PM