Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet in Sheffield, England is a steel working site with a very long history. It is run as a museum by the . Companion sites are the Kelham Island Museum and the Shepherd Wheel.

The site lies on the River Sheaf, South of Sheffield. It consists of a number of dwellings and workshops that form a scythe-making plant that was in operation until the 1930s.

The site has been used for iron forging for 500 years, although there is evidence of other metal working prior to 1200 AD.

The site processes iron and coke into steel using techniques that originated with Benjamin Huntsman's invention of the crucible steel making process. The river provides water power via a water wheel. The wheel drives a tilt hammer for the initial forging of the scythe blades, and grinding machinery (which is also powered by steam). The blades are also hand forged.

The site is a working museum, and demonstrates many of the processes, from steel-making on.