Editing Lady's Bridge (section)

===The Great Sheffield Flood===
On the night of 11 March 1864 Lady's Bridge narrowly avoided destruction when the waters of the [[Great Sheffield Flood]] poured over it. Nearly every other bridge upstream in the path of the flood had been smashed by the waters and the debris that they carried. A contemporary account described the scene:
{{Quote|When the flood was at its height the scene on the Lady's Bridge at the top of the Wicker was most extraordinary. The water came rushing down between the buildings on each side with a force that made the Lady's Bridge quake and tremble. Against the bridge were piled up trees, logs of timber, broken furniture, and debris of every description. The light from street gas lamps revealed to spectators, of whom they were a good many, some of the horrors of the scene. The arches of the bridge were nearly choked by the accumulation of rubbish, and the impeded waters rose to a fearful height, breaking over the parapets of the bridge, and rushing across Mr. White's slate yard over the broad thoroughfare of the Wicker.|Samuel Harrison|''A Complete History of the Great Flood at Sheffield''.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Complete History of the Great Flood at Sheffield on March 11 & 12, 1864 |last=Harrison |first=Samuel  |year=1864 |publisher=S Harrison, Sheffield Times Office |location=Sheffield |chapter=From The Lady's Bridge to the Midland Railway Station |pages=83–84 }}</ref>}}