The site of William Jessop and Sons 'Brightside Works' a large integrated steelworks. The complex was levelled in the 1980s and is currently under development as 'Jessops Riverside' a commercial business park. Brightside works was developed in the period 1750- 1850 around earlier water powered grinding and tilting wheels, first by John Booth and latterly by William Jessop and Sons. By 1850 the water powered sites were being converted to steam power and the works were briefly the largest integrated steelworks in the country (Badcock 2000).