Wortley Top Forge is and has been the subject of a number of articles published in a number of places. There are also a number of articles that have been published that are relevant to Top Forge and the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society. Below is the contents list of those articles that we have been able to publish on the Internet
Please Note - A number of these articles originally contained illustrations and photographs. Where possible these have been included and thus some pages may be slow to load.
Engineering Heritage Hallmark Award - Dr J. McQuaid [- Photograph]
Explaining the Forge Simply to Beginners - Francis Evans - Illustrated
History of the Large Iron Crankshaft - Douglas Oldham [- Photograph &] Illustration
Restoration of No.1 Hammer and Wheel - Duncan Smith[ - Illustrated]
Restoration of the Maintenance Building - Ken Hawley - with Site Plan
The Botany of Wortley Top Forge - R.T.Doncaster - Illustrated
The Size of the Wortley No.2 Hammer - Dr J. McQuaid - Illustrated
The Restoration - How it All Began - Ken Hawley
Thomas Andrews: Last Forgemaster of Wortley - Dr J. McQuaid
How it All Began - D. Bradbury
Bower Spring Furnace - Dr J. McQuaid
Bower Spring Furnace in 1858 - Derek Bayliss
The Sheffield Trades Historical Society - 1933 to 1993 - Illustrated
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