From 1916, an elephant called Lizzie was employed to haul heavy loads of steel and machinery through the streets of Sheffield. She worked for scrap merchant Thomas Ward Ltd based at Albion Works on Savile Street in Attercliffe. More at: BBC – World War One At Home, Albion Works, Sheffield: Lizzie The Working Elephant.
From 1916, an elephant called Lizzie was employed to haul heavy loads of steel and machinery through the streets of Sheffield. She worked for scrap merchant Thomas Ward Ltd based at Albion Works on Savile Street in Attercliffe.
More at: BBC – World War One At Home, Albion Works, Sheffield: Lizzie The Working Elephant.
Very cool! The world was so creative then. Necessity is the mother, I suppose.
I was born in Sheffield, and I’d never heard of this before 🙂
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