Sheffield has several rivers. The main river is the Don, but there are a number of smaller rivers that join it along it’s course, including the Loxley, the Rivelin, the Porter, and the Sheaf. The latter is where Sheffield derives it’s name: Sheaf Field.
For much of it’s length through the city centre, the Sheaf is subteranean, flowing through a series of man-made culverts and tunnels. One of these, named the Megatron, sometimes has guided tours!
The section of the Sheaf just above where it joins the Don is being uncovered as part of a new park on the site of the old castle site, and it can be seen in the photograph today beneath the ladder-like series of supports in the lower part of the image. The area to the left of the picture will form the park when the work is complete, and the river will act as a border and feature of the landscape.
Ricoh GRIII
Taken on 10 May 2025
Steel City Snapper photography 
I like an image with a story, thanks for giving us the context
Dave
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Hi Nige! Right up my street! Not just a good B/W photo but an interesting one, in a few years when the park has settled in, will be a remembrance of how it was. Good story too – I always assumed that Sheffield took it’s name from some aspect of the steel industry! In Dorset we have a village called Shitterton – I’ll look into it lol 🙂 – Cheers Andy
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Thanks Andy. That rationale is probably why I take a lot of photos – a desire to capture something that will look different in the future.
I’ve just Googled Shitterton, but I’ll not steal your thunder on that one! 🙂
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