Tag: March 11 1864

Local historians say the disaster was largely forgotten because its victims were northern and working-class. For years there was no memorial in central Sheffield with only a memorial stone near the dam. Photo via Mail Online

On This Day In History: Great Sheffield Flood – Largest Man-Made Disaster Happened In England – On Mar 11, 1864

MessageToEagle.com | March 11, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – On March 11, 1864, the so-called Great Sheffield Flood – the largest man-made disaster ever to befall England. This tragic accident was ‘largely forgotten because it killed northern ‘working-class people’