using cast iron beams and lattice girders on cast iron columns. columns. iron cast on girders lattice and beams iron cast using Warehouse being notable. notable. being Warehouse forecourt. Cathedral

are mid to late 19th century, the Straddle Straddle the century, 19th late to mid are

widened on its downstream side. In 1909 it was widened again, again, widened was it 1909 In side. downstream its on widened Complete by continuing to Church Street and reach the the reach and Street Church to continuing by Complete

other buildings around the canal basin basin canal the around buildings other bv Sefed i ws eard and repaired was it , above

has been sympathetically restored. The The restored. sympathetically been has of the Dale Dyke Dam on the moors moors the on Dam Dyke Dale the of

remains and and remains Warehouse Terminal original

in 1864, which resulted from the failure failure the from resulted which 1864, in

in this photograph.) photograph.) this in

The The 1819. in completed was and 1815

side in 1760-1. After the Sheffield flood flood Sheffield the After 1760-1. in side

lift. (Notice the ornate top of the shaft shaft the of top ornate the (Notice lift.

by William Chapman, was not begun until until begun not was Chapman, William by

1486. It was widened on its upstream upstream its on widened was It 1486.

first in Sheffield, in 1894, to have a have to 1894, in Sheffield, in first

extension to the town, the Sheffield Canal Canal Sheffield the town, the to extension

5-span ribbed arch bridge was built in in built was bridge arch ribbed 5-span

south side of High Street were the the were Street High of side south

made navigable to Tinsley by 1751, the the 1751, by Tinsley to navigable made

on the the on Buildings Foster’s The 32. and an Historical Engineering Work. This This Work. Engineering Historical an and

23. 23. Although the River Don had been been had Don River the Although

28. Lady’s Bridge Lady’s 28. is also Grade II listed listed II Grade also is

Continue up High Street to the junction with . with junction the to Street High up Continue

Cross Derek Dooley Way and continue along Wicker. Wicker. along continue and Way Dooley Derek Cross

where we will leave under the archway. the under leave will we where

canal bridges and 15m high retaining walls. walls. retaining high 15m and bridges canal

end of Merchants Crescent note the sign to Furnival Road Road Furnival to sign the note Crescent Merchants of end

network opened in October 1995. 1995. October in opened network

include a 40m span railway bridge, a 35m and two 39m span river and and river span 39m two and 35m a bridge, railway span 40m a include

Victoria Quays in front of the Terminal Warehouse. At the the At Warehouse. Terminal the of front in Quays Victoria

and the last part of the three-line three-line the of part last the and

linked Sheffield Parkway and the Shalesmoor area of the city. They city. the of area Shalesmoor the and Parkway Sheffield linked

From the bottom of the steps, cross Wharf Street and enter enter and Street Wharf cross steps, the of bottom the From

section being opened in March 1994 1994 March in opened being section Sheffield Inner Relief Road Relief Inner Sheffield 27. extensions of 2001 and 2009 2009 and 2001 of extensions The

Supertram in 1991 with the first first the with 1991 in

closing in 1960. Work began on the the on began Work 1960. in closing city centre. centre. city

following 40 years and finally finally and years 40 following Turn left and walk away from the viaduct towards the the towards viaduct the from away walk and left Turn

began in 1872, growing over the the over growing 1872, in began

31. 31. Sheffield’s first tram network network tram first Sheffield’s

Surrey Street, S1 2LH. S1 Street, Surrey

right up High Street. Street. High up right or call in to Sheffield’s central library on library central Sheffield’s to in call or

Engineering Work. Work. Engineering

Continue up Haymarket to Commercial Street and turn turn and Street Commercial to Haymarket up Continue listed structure and is also an Historical Historical an also is and structure listed ICE and on [email protected] on Humber and Yorkshire ICE

Europe when it was built. It is a Grade II II Grade a is It built. was it when Europe

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this was the largest masonry viaduct in in viaduct masonry largest the was this

and uncover parts of the and the . Sheaf. River the and Castle Sheffield the of parts uncover and

in 1848. At 603m long with 42 arches, arches, 42 with long 603m At 1848. in

with this site. Exciting plans are in place to redevelop the site site the redevelop to place in are plans Exciting site. this with

Wicker Arches Wicker 26. were completed completed were The walking initiatives visit: www.sheffield.gov.uk visit: initiatives walking

the-art building at Moorfoot, ending a centuries old association association old centuries a ending Moorfoot, at building the-art

For information and leaflets on walking in Sheffield and local local and Sheffield in walking on leaflets and information For

Wicker Arches. Arches. Wicker market buildings. In 2013, these were replaced with a state-of- a with replaced were these 2013, In buildings. market

Opposite is the site of the former former the of site the is Opposite onto Wicker in front of the the of front in Wicker onto

www.mobilesheffield.co.uk the and emerge emerge and Bridge Cobweb the

police station by 1897. 1897. by station police

Turn left into the passageway by by passageway the into left Turn S1 4PF. Call 0114 273 8787 to book or visit: or book to 8787 273 0114 Call 4PF. S1 a court with tunnelled links to the the to links tunnelled with court a

of a local council. It became entirely entirely became It council. local a of

8.30am to 5.30pm from Mobile Sheffield, The Moor Market, Market, Moor The Sheffield, Mobile from 5.30pm to 8.30am

Viaduct. Viaduct.

carried out many of the functions functions the of many out carried

Mobility scooters are available to hire Monday to Saturday Saturday to Monday hire to available are scooters Mobility

is suspended from Arches Arches Wicker the from suspended is Trustees and court. The trustees trustees The court. and Trustees

pedestrian route over the River Don. It It Don. River the over route pedestrian was built in 1807-8 for the Town Town the for 1807-8 in built was

Five Weirs Walk, a 3m wide cycle and and cycle wide 3m a Walk, Weirs Five

. It It . Hall Town Old The is Street

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Cobweb Bridge Cobweb The 25. carries the the carries

On the corner with Castle Castle with corner the On 30.

visit: or 515151 01709 call information, transport public For

Now walk up Waingate. Waingate. up walk Now bridge turn right to join the path. Walk Weirs Five the join to right turn bridge

www.sheffield.gov.uk/parking Road and walk up Blonk Street. Immediately after the the after Immediately Street. Blonk up walk and Road

bus). bus). visit: or 4567 273 0114 call information, parking For Return to the Quays’ archway entrance, cross Furnival Furnival cross entrance, archway Quays’ the to Return

enough to take a double decker decker double a take to enough

are up to 5.5m in diameter (large (large diameter in 5.5m to up are

route. the of sections some with spans of 55m. 55m. of spans with Meadowhall. Parts of the tunnel tunnel the of Parts Meadowhall.

along stops tram and bus are there and wheelchairs, reinforced concrete structure 295m long long 295m structure concrete reinforced at Blackburn Meadows near near Meadows Blackburn at

It is a post-tensioned glued segmental segmental glued post-tensioned a is It the Sewage Treatment Works Works Treatment Sewage the and pushchairs both for suitable is route the of whole The

Parkway link road to the M1. M1. the to road link Parkway tunnelled from Shalesmoor to to Shalesmoor from tunnelled

and alongside the Sheffield Sheffield the alongside and roundabout Below here a sewer has been been has sewer a here Below 29. VISITOR INFORMATION INFORMATION VISITOR

Supertram beyond the Park Square Square Park the beyond Supertram

Cross Castlegate/Bridge Street. Street. Castlegate/Bridge Cross 24. Parkway Viaduct Viaduct Parkway 24. carries the the carries Sheffield: A Civilised Place Place Civilised A Sheffield:

Discover what makes Sheffield civilised

We all need to be protected from the elements, to have a safe water supply and effective sanitation. A civilised society needs more than this – transport, power, buildings and disposal of waste. Further Information Civil engineering is the name we give to this infrastructure; dams, reservoirs and other aspects of water supply; drainage For more information on this leaflet or any civil engineering enquiry, please contact the Institution of Civil Engineers in Yorkshire and and sewerage; transport by road, rail, water and air; bridges for Humber: vehicles, trains and pedestrians; seaports, docks, airports, canals t: 0191 261 1850 e: [email protected] w: www.ice.org.uk and aqueducts; power stations, renewable energy, pipelines and the structures that support towers and buildings. Photographs © Angela Harpham www.angelaharphamphotoart.me.uk, David Tattersall, Duncan Froggatt, Sheffield City Council, SheffieldCathedral, Thomas Barnes and Yorkshire Water. Originally, any engineering that was not military was civil, but Cover image: City centre transport networks - Commercial now there are many specialised professional engineers who Street Bridge work together, and with scientists and other professions, to create, improve and protect the environment in which we live. Compiled by Duncan Froggatt BSc (Hons) CEng MICE MIStructE. Engineers provide the facilities for everyday life in a civilised society by designing, constructing, maintaining and, eventually, A book, Sheffield - A Civilised Place, by Duncan Froggatt, explores removing them. these and many more places of interest across the city. It also provides a thematic history of the development of Sheffield from pre-history to the present day. ISBN: 978-1-5272-3241-9 Sheffield is a civilised city and this walk shows something of how this has been achieved. You will see buildings and structures, various forms of transport (road, rail, tram and water) and the bridges they need. You will not see hidden essentials like water Sheffield: supply and drainage but you will learn something about where Supported by: they are. You will see different materials being used in different forms - all designed and constructed by engineers applying A Civilised Place science and using engineering principles. City centre circular walk

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is the oldest of the world’s engineering institutions Distance: up to 2.75 miles with origins going back to 1771. Duration: up to 2 hours

Established in 1818, and granted a Royal Charter in 1828, the ICE was founded to ensure professionalism in civil engineering. It is now composed of Discover how engineering has some 93,000 individual members around the world. developed the

ice.org.uk/yorkshireandhumber Sheffield: A Civilised Place

16. From the bottom of Howard Street The circular walk can be started at any point - we suggest 9. The (1971) was there is a good view across to the the Cathedral forecourt, with item 1 and 2. designed for theatre in-the-round, and is constructed mainly of reinforced internationally famous Park Hill flats. 1. Part of the Cathedral is recorded as concrete and concrete block masonry. Completed in 1961, these now-listed buildings provided “streets in the sky” being built in 1101, making it arguably It recently received a makeover with for the people of Sheffield. the oldest building still in use in Sheffield, new spaces within the old, a small although possibly only fragments of extension and new more efficient heating, ventilation and lighting. Park Hill flats recently underwent a the 1280 rebuild survived. It was also major facelift while retaining the original the first building to use electricity for structure. powering a motor in the city in 1892. 10. The Lyceum Theatre, originally built in At the bottom of Howard Street, go straight across to 1893, was extensively refurbished in 1991. New spaces were created in, under and around . Follow ‘The Cutting Edge’ stainless steel 2. The Cutlers’ Hall has been on the old to vastly improved conditions for all water sculpture to the Station. this site since 1638, 14 years after users. Both theatres are listed buildings. the foundation of the company. The 17. The Midland Railway was present building dates from 1832. The extended to Sheffield in 1868-70 by Company of Cutlers in Benton & Woodiwiss to designs by John promotes and supports manufacturing Crossley of Derby. Much of the station industry in as well as front you see today is the 1905 Sheffield cutlers and silversmiths. If open, enter the Winter Garden (point 11) and turn left into extension with further alterations in the Millennium Galleries emerging onto Arundel Gate. If 1991 and 2003. The footbridge across the station, which gives access to closed, turn left along Surrey Street, pass the Central Library all platforms and the Supertram, was From the forecourt turn right up Church Street, cross and follow the ramp down to Arundel Gate to the front of the renewed in 2003 to improve the quality Church Street and turn left into Leopold Street and cross Galleries. of access. the road. Use the crossing near the bottom of the steel sculpture to 11. The Winter Garden (2002) has an cross Sheaf Street and walk along the covered walkway 3. Originally built as a school and then inverted catenary form to the arches. This into Sheffield . Go all the way through the used as the education offices, the listed is very efficient. It is heated, as are many city Interchange to Pond Hill and turn sharp right. buildings have been cleverly refurbished centre buildings, by the Sheffield District while retaining as much as possible of the Heating scheme. original buildings to create the Leopold 18. Sheffield Passenger Transport Interchange serves mainly Hotel and . longer distance bus routes and coaches. Adjacent to the modern buildings, on Pond Hill, is the Old Continue along Leopold Street towards Queen’s Head, a 15th the Town Hall and turn right into Barker’s century timber-framed Pool. hall. It was carefully restored in 1992. 4. The Barker’s Pool, after which the area is named, was a large cistern holding rain and spring water for use by the people of the 16th century town. 19. The culverts carrying the River Sheaf are visible here. It was culverted in the 1860s as the city expanded into the river valley with the development of the railway and market area. The water supply of the pool had been enhanced in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. However, it was demolished in or around 1796 At the bottom of Pond Hill, turn left on to as supplies improved. Sheaf Street.

5. The City Hall was built in 1932 20. International Leisure Centre and employed some provides Olympic standard swimming and diving of the longest span facilities. The main roof consists of exposed tubular reinforced concrete steel trusses forming a shallow arch. beams in Europe to In addition to the eponymous forge, the site was support the roof. also home to the city’s It was extensively first electricity power refurbished in 2003. station and company offices. These generators were replaced with Continue past the City Hall to the start of sets by the River Don Division Street. initially upstream then downstream of the city 6. The Palazzo style centre. Later the national building of 1867 to the grid replaced all local west of the City Hall generators. is the former offices of the Sheffield Waterworks Co Opposite, on the corner and represents a of Commercial Street continuation of this and Shude Hill are area as the focus of the former offices water supply for the city. of The Sheffield United Gas Light Go back down Barker’s Pool, turn right into . Company of 1874, Cross the road and turn right. Turn left at Cheney Row to 12. Millennium Galleries are integrated described as one of the finest 19th the side of the Town Hall. If you wish, turn right into the with the Winter Garden. They won a century building in the city. The first . national award for the extensive use of gas works was nearby on Shude Hill. It was later replaced as high quality reinforced concrete. demand grew with works in The Don Valley and the subsequent establishment of the national grid. 7. The present Town Hall was completed in Cross Arundel Gate and turn right. 1897. Built to house the increasing number of At the top of the ramp to Howard staff needed to cope with the new duties the 21. The footbridge into Ponds Forge council had taken on over the previous decade Street stop and look right along Swimming Pool building was required or so, including roads and water supply. Arundel Gate to view items 13 by the client to be “interesting and and 14. imaginative”. Tensioned cabling is used An extension was planned in the 1930s, but 13. St Paul’s Tower, now the tallest building to stiffen the slender structure. war preparations intervened and the site in Sheffield, is 32 storeys and 101m high plus became the Peace Gardens. Their landscaping the basement levels. In-situ reinforced concrete in 1998 as part of the Heart of the City project was used for the frame of the building providing was widely acclaimed. The walls used the a robust core, to which modular cladding was same stone as the Town Hall. There is a set of added. Go up the ramp, bearing right, and follow it all the way standard measures set into the side of Cheney to the seating area at the top. Row adjoining the Town Hall. 14. The Charles Street ”Cheese Grater” Car 22. Commercial Street Bridge spans Park extensively used one of the busiest traffic At the pedestrianised section of Norfolk Street, turn left precast concrete to in Sheffield and carries two tracks past the rear of the Town Hall and cross Surrey Street. allow rapid high of the Supertram and a pedestrian Continue along Norfolk Street. quality construction. walkway. The bridge consists of a tied arch span of 74m and two 8. The Upper Chapel was originally simple side spans of 12.5m and 18m. built in 1700 and is the earliest surviving building to be built substantially of brick Now proceed down Howard Street. Turn left at the top of the ramp and cross the tram as opposed to timber or stone. tracks. To cut short your walk you can return to the 15. This area was laid out by the Duke of Norfolk’s agent in the late city centre by turning left and crossing the bridge. Continue down Norfolk Street 18th century. It came to provide the workspaces for the burgeoning Otherwise follow the signs for - follow and turn right into . steel and cutlery trades. It is now designated as Sheffield’s cultural the ramp to the bottom of the steps. industries quarter.

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