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Architectural Heritage
A 1900 engraving of the Templeborough Melting Shop
© Courtesy of Rotherham Archives & Local Studies Service
From steel valley to cultural hot spot

Just as the economy of South Yorkshire has moved on from coal and steel, so too has its industrial landscape. Whilst the majority of the steel works and coal mines have been destroyed, Templeborough melting shop remains intact. Transformed into the Magna Centre science park, it stands as testimony to a bygone industrial age.

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