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Steelworker Brick Mural

Yorkshire And The Humber

Steelworker Brick Mural

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Steelworker Brick Mural

Name: Steelworker Brick Mural
Rating: 2

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Location: Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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1. View of Walk Mill Weir – Cobweb Bridge loop from Meadowhall Interchange

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2. Sheffield Railway Station – Cobweb Bridge loop from Sheffield

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3. Sheffield Bailey Bridge – View of Walk Mill Weir loop from Sheffield

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July 9, 2022

This magnificent mural was created in 1986 by artist Paul Waplington and was constructed by adding an extra layer of bricks to the exposed gable end of a four-story, 19th-century commercial building in the heart of the city, currently the Roma Restaurant.

It is essentially a mosaic constructed by laying over 30,000 bricks, of various colors, to form the image of an actual Sheffield steelworker. The original image was modified slightly to comply with the constraints of the medium. For example, the eyes were made bigger since otherwise the pupils and whites would be smaller than a brick.

The mural uses 18 different types of bricks and five different types of mortar. The worker wears a traditional silk muffler, used at times in steelworks to cover the mouth and nose, a hard hat and a typical flip-down eye shield used to protect the eyes whilst observing the molten steel in either the furnace or Bessemer converter.

(atlasobscura.com/places/the-steelworker-mural)

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Steelworker Brick Mural

1. View of Walk Mill Weir – Cobweb Bridge loop from Meadowhall Interchange

2. Sheffield Railway Station – Cobweb Bridge loop from Sheffield

3. Sheffield Bailey Bridge – View of Walk Mill Weir loop from Sheffield

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