SHEFFIELD'S waterwheels are starting to turn heads again.
As a £500,000 heritage lottery grant is announced towards a £1m project to restore the Shepherd Wheel in the Porter Valley, a new book is published to celebrate a key part of the city's industrial history.
In fact it's an old book that has been br
ought up to date with new photographs and retouched maps.
'Where t'watter runs o'er t'weir' was written by a local enthusiast, the late Roy Davey, and contained no photographs.
A history of Sheffield's water mills from medieval times to their demise after the industrial revolution was found in the Sheffield Archives by Paul Scarrott, general manager of Walkley-based DS Print & Design, and became its fourth publication.
The company had already printed books about Walkley, Wharncliffe and Oughtibridge and, another by Roy Davey, about the Rivelin Valley, and was looking for more ideas.
Paul Scarrott said riverside walks were becoming increasingly popular. "I've walked down the Rivelin Valley with my family and we've been curious about the water wheels and what they used to do."
lWhere t'watter runs o'er t'weir, by Roy Davey, DS Publishing, £7.99.
The full article contains 197 words and appears in Sheffield Telegraph newspaper.
