Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is an industrial museum in the south of the City of Sheffield, England. The museum forms part of a former steel-working site on the River Sheaf, with a history going back to at least the 13th century. It consists of a number of dwellings and workshops that were formerly the Abbeydale Works—a scythe-making plant that was in operation until the 1930s—and is a remarkably complete example of a 19th-century works. The works are atypical in that much of the production process was completed on the same site. A more typical example of water-powered works in the area can be found at Shepherd Wheel.
The site's Crucible Furnace building
Jessop tilt hammer, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Water-powered, belt-driven machinery, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
The Kelham Island Museum is an industrial museum on Alma Street, alongside the River Don, in the centre of Sheffield, England. It was opened in 1982.
Kelham Island Museum, Steel Ladle
Bessemer converter at Kelham Island Museum
The museum seen from across the mill race