Thousands of people from across the city and further afield have worked in its steel plants over the years.
Steel manufacturing in the city dates back centuries and helped forge Sheffield into an industrial powerhouse.
Take a look back at our fascinating photo gallery giving us a glimpse into what it was like working in the city’s steelworks of the past.
13. Women of steel
Sheila Bland submitted this picture of her mother, Clara Burnand (second row down, fifth from left), who worked as a crane driver at English Steel Corporation, Sheffield, during the war Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
14. Atlas
Firth Brown Limited Atlas Works, Sheffeld, January 1980. Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
15. Loading
A giant drum is suspended in the crane during loading operations at the Atlas Works of Firth Brown Limited, Sheffield. Picture Firth Brown Ltd. Photo: Picture Firth Brown Ltd
