Brookfield Foundry and Kerr Stuart engineering works, Whieldon Road, Stoke-on-Trent

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Date:March 1965

Description:This is a view west from the Whieldon Road area towards the Brookfield Foundry. The main railway line runs in front of the buildings and behind can be seen the floodlight pylons of the original Stoke City FC ground (Victoria Ground).
At the time of the photograph the foundry was occupied by Brookfield Engineering and the Wagon Repair Company.
Locomotives were manufactured on the site from 1892 until Kerr Stuart shut down in 1930.

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Brookfield Foundry and Kerr Stuart engineering works, Whieldon Road, Stoke-on-Trent

This is a view west from the Whieldon Road area towards the Brookfield Foundry. The main railway line ...

Brookfield Foundry, Stoke-on-Trent

The photograph shows what was the California Engineering Works of the locomotive builders, Kerr Stuart ...

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Creators: Mr Bert Bentley - Creator

Image courtesy of: Stoke on Trent City Archives.

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