Cannon Brewery sheffield oct 2012

Situated in Neepsend, Shepherd, Green & Hatfield were the first to brew at the site in 1838 at what was then a respectable residential district. By 1895 the brewery was equipped with "an expensive plant...excellent stores and cellars, spacious covered and open yards, offices, stabling [and] workshops."[51] The marketing and sales offices on the brewery site were completed in 1958.[52] A new brewhouse was operational by 1962, and was one of the most up to date in the country.[22] An on-site public house was opened in the basement of the brewery in 1964, initially named The Underground, but later renamed The Pig and Whistle; it was used by brewery workers and visitors to the brewery.[53] At its peak the brewery produced 50,000 hectolitres of cask conditioned Stones each year.[1] The office building was sold off in 1985. In 1995 the brewery was used as a shooting location for the film When Saturday Comes. the site is currently unoccupied and derelict.

peel1 by M D Allen, on Flickr


peelage by M D Allen, on Flickr


roof by M D Allen, on Flickr


stairs by M D Allen, on Flickr


shock by M D Allen, on Flickr


spiral by M D Allen, on Flickr


ever-ready by M D Allen, on Flickr


you-are-here by M D Allen, on Flickr

Geo Barnsley's from Cannon

GB's-from-canon by M D Allen, on Flickr

Stanley Tools from Cannon

stanley by M D Allen, on Flickr

Wonder where the brewing kit went? great pics.

Don't tell me Green King Asset stripping again.

Great pics fella - I would like to see a few more of yours from here, you have caught it spot on

cheers some more on my Flickr

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Nice one, i'm off for a look now

MD said:

cheers some more on my Flickr

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GEMTX said:

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Seriously, if you don't have anything useful to say don't bother posting.

Nice set as always MD, like the views to other derps.

nice one Matt

cheers Judders Krela

Corr what a beauty! Fantastic pics as usual, looks a lovely explore!

Isn't that the tool manufacturer's factory on your last pic? We didn't get in when we tried this brewery, wrong time of day basically. It looks a really cool site.

Nice pics just love the last two shots, Im thinking a trip to Sheffield is needed

It looks pretty much cleared out, Great Pics, I enjoyed looking, Thanks

great footage MD.
Recon the large circular holes on the first few shots were where the brew house tanks were situated, it looks very simelar to the brewhouse at the old Ind Coope Burton Brewery, the brewhouse there was built in the 60's.
It too had blue tiles on the walls, there would have been huge stainless steel brew tanks where those large holes with railings round the top were.
THE ODEON MAN

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Don't tell me Green King Asset stripping again.

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Did GK buy this one too?

It seems they have a reputation of closing breweries. I was fortunate to serve my apprenticeship with GK at their Biggleswade brewery in the mid '80s , which was sold off and the site is now an Asda, although none of the original buildings remain execpt the Brewery social club which is now a cafe or bistro I believe.

Its a shame as I have a couple of pics of the Biggleswade brewery, but probably not of interest to those that didnt see the original site.

odeon master said:

great footage MD.
Recon the large circular holes on the first few shots were where the brew house tanks were situated, it looks very simelar to the brewhouse at the old Ind Coope Burton Brewery, the brewhouse there was built in the 60's.
It too had blue tiles on the walls, there would have been huge stainless steel brew tanks where those large holes with railings round the top were.
THE ODEON MAN

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In older traditional breweries they would be Mash Tuns, where water & grain were mixed and then separated after infusion. Many sites use mash conversion vessels & Lauter Tuns for this, and they all look pretty similar

Cracking set

I bet the sunset from the roof would be stunning

Quality Pics, thanks for sharing, a good report