Sheffield Forgemasters makes flood prevention land purchase

Posted on 14 Mar 2023 by The Manufacturer

Sheffield Forgemasters has purchased a 400m2 parcel of land adjacent to the River Don to install a high powered pumping station to prevent flooding.

The site, located on the junction between Brightside Lane and Weedon Street, will house a water pumping station to connect Bagley Brook, which runs through a culvert beneath the company’s site into the River Don, dramatically reducing the brook’s liability to breach. The initiative is part of the company’s site-wide recapitalisation programme, which will see…

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