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Lizzie the elephant, Sheffield's WWI industrial mascot
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Sheffield's high number of steel has given this nickname, and so on, it's an important city for his war effort in both the first and second World War.
During World War I, the number of steel produced in Sheffield is very important for military industrial machines.
A Sheffield wartime symbol will come from the steel industry, and she is Lizzie Indian elephant.
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In 1916, the local sheffield scrap agent, Thomas Ward's business was very important to nurture Sheffield's steel manufacturers and steel producers, providing a thousand tons of scrap metal into the steel industry
When the government asked most of the country's horses to use in Europe at this time, Ward needs something to pull his cart around the city.
Due to this demand, Ward leased Lizzie from a menagerie operated by William Sedgwick in Sheffield's Wicker's arch.
Lizzie has helped transport machines
A percentage of Sheffield Lass
Lizzie became a popular feature around Sheffield, often seeing the city's streets, up and down many Sheffield's hills, and risks to the steel work to keep their kilns roaring.
She wore a special leather shoes to prevent sharp crumbs from hurting her legs when she was in the steel house.
At the end of each day, Lizzie can be seen will sleep in her stability.
She quickly won the hearts of Sheffield's local people.
Also, like the northern people of Sheffield, Lizzie is famous for sometimes a little cheeky.
She used to eat a young student's hat, and she also turned on the trunk through an open window to grab a new baked cake.
Lizzie also hitted a pull engine while playing with it as a toy.
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After war
After finishing the great battle, there are some conflicts
Some stories say that Lizzie continues to work for Thomas Ward after the war - after all she can do the work of three horses alone.
These stories say Lizzie finally retired from her w
Other stories showed that she returned to Sedgwick's Menagerie and participated in the work with a circus, could even be the legendary Circus Bostock and Wombwell tours, or she was bought by a zoo.
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Although I don't know what happened to Lizzie, she was effective on Sheffield that was never forgotten.
Sheffield's steel industry has been very important to the ammunition industry for him, and without her, their efforts
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In 2016, Sheffield put his biggest public art exhibition to honor Lizzie.
Decorated in the vibrant models of local artists, these elephants have sat on the exhibition across the city during the summer time before being auctioned to support Sheffield Children's Hospital
Even nearly a century after serving, Lizzie's memory and heritage continued to influence Sheffield in a beautifully positive way.
