Adams pottery factory, Furlong Road, Tunstall

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Date:March 1964

Description:The photograph shows the Greengates Pottery Works of William Adams & Sons in Furlong Road. The works was at the eastern end close Tunstall High Street (just to the right).

William Adams opened a factory, the first large pottery works, on the Greengates site in 1779. The works has been demolished and replaced by housing.

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Pottery Factories Manufacturing Industrial Buildings Housing Factory Exteriors Factories Ceramics Buildings, Architecture, Monuments

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Creators: Mr Bert Bentley - Creator

Image courtesy of: Stoke on Trent City Archives.

Donor ref:SD1480/073-05 (204/33795)

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