Tinsley No 5 Lock - Sheffield, UK - World War II Sites on Waymarking.com

The city of Sheffield grew into a large industrial city built around steel production from the 1740s onwards.

A recession in the 1930s was halted by increasing international tensions as the Second World War loomed; Sheffield's steel factories were set to work manufacturing weapons and ammunition for the war effort. As a result, the city became a target for bombing raids, the heaviest of which occurred on the nights of 12 and 15 December 1940, now known as the Sheffield Blitz. More than 660 lives were lost and many buildings destroyed.

This canal lock on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal was at the time near to steel works and factories and was damaged when the buildings were targeted.

A simple stone monument with a plaque tells the story of the lock bombing.

British Waterways

1939 - 1945

ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 15th 1940 THIS LOCK WAS SEVERELY
DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION DURING AN AIR RAID ON THE CITY.

THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO THE WORKFORCE OF THE
SHEFFIELD AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE NAVIGATION COMPANY
WHICH STROVE TO KEEP THE WATERWAY OPEN UNDER HAZARDOUS
AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE WAR.

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