Geography Sheffield Steel case study
- Created by: Georgia Beal
- Created on: 19-03-14 18:15
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- Key Geographical Themes - Economical Development MEDC: Sheffield Steel
- Why Sheffield?
- Near river Don
- Power water wheels for early cutlery and transport to Empire
- Gritstone
- Grind metals to produce blades.
- Limestone
- Produces **** and strong metals
- Natural Resources underneath us
- Black Band Ore = alternating coal and iron ore layers
- Sherwood Forest
- Wood to charcoal fuelled early industry
- Labour Skills
- Experienced steel workers, invented stainless steel
- Valley
- Large flat valley area made good place for steelworks
- Near river Don
- Why did steelworks close?
- Wages in UK increase, UK manufacturing declines, UK demand falls
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- Local iron and coal reserves ran out, foreign iron ore was imported
- Steel production in Sheffield becomes expensive, cheap foreign imports of steel, old buildings difficult to modernise
- Sheffield becomes run down, dirty and ugly so the firms move out
- Steel production in Sheffield becomes expensive, cheap foreign imports of steel, old buildings difficult to modernise
- Wages in UK increase, UK manufacturing declines, UK demand falls
- How is Sheffield still involved in Steel?
- AMRC
- Part of Sheffield University
- Receives government support
- Boeing and Rolls Royce
- Still NO1 for creating steel due to skills and expertise
- Future of steel = AMRC which is a 15million collaboration between Boeing and Sheff Uni
- Developing new manufacturing techniques and technologies
- AMRC
- Why Sheffield?
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