Sunday Snap – The Lost Steel Industry

We were looking at the Spinnaker Tower for last week's Sunday Snap. I asked where this tower designed to look like a sail was and the answer is

Portsmouth

Catching the breeze with the right answer were Cheryl, Stephen, Jen, Mich, Anne, Kara and Cass.

For this week we are looking at a building which once contained the world's largest electric steel plant. This steel works in Rotherham in its heyday employed 10,000 people and produced 2 million tonnes of steel each year. The building above is a ⅓ of a mile long. In 50AD on this site was the Templeborough Roman fort. Over the centuries this area became known as a centre for the making of iron and steel. In the early 20^th century as new methods of steel making were introduced demand increased as well. During the First World War munitions started to be produced in addition to the standard orders. After the end of the Second World War there was increased demand for domestic products such as fridges, tinned food and cars. This trend continued for many years.

After the boom years of the 1970s the steel industry in the UK began to decline with areas such as South Yorkshire being hardest hit. The UK had taught the world how to make steel and then they went and made it cheaper. Exports of steel were no longer able to compete on price and domestically companies were starting to buy the cheaper imports. On the 25^th November 1993 this steel works closed for business. The surrounding buildings and land was sold off and became a business park. The main site become the focus of a Millennium project and in 2001 it reopened as a science and adventure centre. This week's question is

What is this former steel works now known as?

We were joined lasted week by Cheryl and a rather inquisitive cow. Keeping with the animal theme Sue has been visiting the many cats of San Juan. Susan's princess was finally able to wear her princess dress. On holiday in the beautiful county of Cornwall was Shaheen. Kelly has captured the beauty of a leaf in black and white. It was off to the library for Anne and her children. Over in New Zealand Betty has been on the search for signs of autumn. Finally Kara could be found out in the woods and up in the air.

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Sunday Snap – The Lost Steel Industry

We were looking at the Spinnaker Tower for last week's Sunday Snap. I asked where this tower designed to look like a sail was and the answer is

Portsmouth

Catching the breeze with the right answer were Cheryl, Stephen, Jen, Mich, Anne, Kara and Cass.

For this week we are looking at a building which once contained the world's largest electric steel plant. This steel works in Rotherham in its heyday employed 10,000 people and produced 2 million tonnes of steel each year. In 50AD on this site was the Templeborough Roman fort. Over the centuries this area became known as a centre for the making of iron and steel. In the early 20^th century as new methods of steel making were introduced demand increased as well. During the First World War munitions started to be produced in addition to the standard orders. After the end of the Second World War there was increased demand for domestic products such as fridges, tinned food and cars. This trend continued for many years.

After the boom years of the 1970s the steel industry in the UK began to decline with areas such as South Yorkshire being hardest hit. The UK had taught the world how to make steel and then they went and made it cheaper. Exports of steel were no longer able to compete on price and domestically companies were starting to buy the cheaper imports. On the 25^th November 1993 this steel works closed for business. The surrounding buildings and land was sold off and became a business park. The main site become the focus of a Millennium project and in 2001 it reopened as a science and adventure centre. This week's question is

What is this former steel works now known as?

We were joined lasted week by Cheryl and a rather inquisitive cow. Keeping with the animal theme Sue has been visiting the many cats of San Juan. Susan's princess was finally able to wear her princess dress. On holiday in the beautiful county of Cornwall was Shaheen. Kelly has captured the beauty of a leaf in black and white. It was off to the library for Anne and her children. Over in New Zealand Betty has been on the search for signs of autumn. Finally Kara could be found out in the woods and up in the air.

If you want to join in with this week's Sunday Snap then add your link to the linky below. Any theme is allowed. It doesn't have to be published today as you have until 23.55 on Friday 27^th May 2016 to join in. Grab my badge below for your blog post. Just make sure it is your photo and you hold the copyright for it.

If you use Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Google+ please tag me and I will retweet, Like, Share or +1 as appropriate. You can find me here:

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