Dyson Industries Limited Sheffield

Our visit

Visited with alot of friends from http://www.ukurbex.com/ far too many to mention individually (sorry guys). We had a little mooch around this place before heading back to Leeds for some prearrange drinks 🙂 Bit of a derp but a good day out in the snow 🙂

History

Founded by John Dyson who began mining clay and making bricks in the early 1800s and from its inception the business prospered. The 1834 Sheffield trade directory lists – “John Dyson – Brick Maker, Stannington” which indicates that he ran the business on his own. However, by 1838 the business was listed as “John Dyson and Son – Black clay miners and firebrick manufacturers, Griffs House, Stannington. The son referred to was John his eldest son

Dyson’s where manufacturers of Refractory material, ceramics for the steel industry, they also produce firebacks and other household ceramic bricks for the likes of Aga’s etc. They have also been know to sell clay for use in Well Dressings

Dyson Industries Limited Sheffield

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Phil Armour says:

October 2, 2013 at 2:27 am

Thanks for the photos. I worked at Dysons for a year back in 1970. Derelict factories are so sad, though working there was not particularly pleasant. The round roof was a regular kiln. The fires, powered by oil, we’re set in the corner and the refractories were piled up in a careful pattern to allow good circulation of the heat. Failing to do so could ruin a whole kiln with some refractories being vitrified and others not firing at all. The one with the tracks was a tunnel kiln. Green refractories were pile on little carts which were pushed in a train through the kiln. It took about two days to get form one end to the other.
When I was there we mostly made teeming refractories for steel making. They lined the blast furnaces, ladles and moulds. The pipes for “uphill” teeming were stamped out in wet clay (mined from the local Ughill quarries) in drop stamp moulds. Every so often someone would be a bit slow taking his hands out of the way of the stamp and would lose the end of his fingers. Almost everyone was missing bits of fingers, crushed by the stamper.

PROJ3CTM4YH3M says:

October 2, 2013 at 5:21 pm

Hi Phil,

Thanks alot for your comment and insight into the workings of the factory, I do hope you still have all your fingers intact :). Would you mind if I put a little of that information in the report above just incase people miss it in the comments?

All the best

Urbex: Dyson Industries Limited, Sheffield, South Yorkshire – January 2013

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