Agent Orange Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Just to give you all the heads up. A huge stone has been placed by the Don down at the Riverside next to Vulcan House. The stone which is several foot in height is supposed to be a marker to show the height of the flood waters. Around the bottom of the stone is the name of every individual who perished. If you are walking down that part of the city then definitely worth stopping off to read and reflect. AO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanman Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Pity they couldn't have put it closer to the Dale Dyke, I would have thought Bradfield, Loxley or Malin Bridge would have been a more fitting location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Orange Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Pity they couldn't have put it closer to the Dale Dyke, I would have thought Bradfield, Loxley or Malin Bridge would have been a more fitting location. I was disappointed when I went walking up to Dale Dyke and saw a small and almost missable memorial. I would have thought that there would have been something like the one I mentioned up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I was disappointed when I went walking up to Dale Dyke and saw a small and almost missable memorial. I would have thought that there would have been something like the one I mentioned up there. Was that one of the CLOB stones that are marker points to show where the original dam was? This site about the flood is brilliant - http://mick-armitage.staff.shef.ac.uk/sheffield/flood.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodens Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 There used to be a small brass plate indicating the flood level at a firm I worked at, in 1976, on Mowbray St. Neepsend; a hundred yards up from Corporation St. When I went back to see it eighteen months ago it had gone. As I remember it was about five feet high, but that must already have been 10ft - 15ft above the river level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depoix Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 there was a marker on one of the pubs in the wicker and there is one outside a pub at hillsborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Orange Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 there was a marker on one of the pubs in the wicker and there is one outside a pub at hillsborough There is a marker on the Fat Cat down Kelham Island also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 There is a marker on the Fat Cat down Kelham Island also. and at The Ship Inn, Shalesmoor, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningman Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Hi Agent Orange Excuse my lack of knowledge of the location you spoke of i.e. " Riverside, Vulcan House " Is this on the river side walkway upsteam from Ladys Bridge ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Hallamshire Steel Neepsend Lane, http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee164/pick110/hallamshiresteelgone.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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