Don Valley Timeline
[please add information in chronological order relating to parts of the Don Valley]
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1814 Sheffield and tinsley canal opened
1838 Sheffield to Rotherham railway was opened
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_and_Rotherham_Railway]
1857 Guest and Chrimes brass works opens
http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/memories/gchrimes.htm
http://projectsheffield.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/guest-and-chrimes-brass-founders-and-manufacturers/
http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=9629
1907 Millmoor stadium built in Rotherham
1961 A1 bypass opened
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)]
1968 Tinsley M1 viaduct opened
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinsley_Viaduct]
18_06_1984 Battle of Orgreave, pivotal confrontation between police and picketing miners. GO
04_09_1990 Meadowhall Centre opens - land of shopportunity. GO
1997 Sheffield City Airport. GO
2009 SSoA students investigate the Don Valley. GO
2011 proposed biomass power station Blackburn Meadows
http://www.eon-uk.com/images/Blackburn_Meadows_newsletter_-_autumn_07.pdf