Cementation Furnace is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1995. Industrial building.
Cementation Furnace
- WRENN ID
- hollow-cupola-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1995
- Type
- Industrial building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SHEFFIELD
SK3487NE DONCASTER STREET 784-1/18/254 (South West side) Cementation Furnace
II
Cementation furnace. Late C19, restored mid C20. Brick with wrought-iron reinforcement. Conical tower, topped with a square flue with iron flap damper. Short coped flanking walls on 2 sides. On one side, a square access hole for loading and discharging, with a half-round stoke hole below. On the other side, a similar access hole with damper handles above. This furnace is designed for the manufacture of blister steel, the original raw material for crucible steel. Blister steel was little used for this purpose after c1870, but this furnace remained in use until 1952. It is the sole survivor of a characteristic industrial building once numerous in Sheffield. The cementation furnace is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: SK3484887959
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