Date:August 1963
Description:This is a photograph of Elijah Cotton's Nelson Pottery taken from the Caldon Canal which ran alongside the southern side of the factory. The bridge carrying Botteslow Street over the canal is in the middle distance. Elijah Cotton built the Nelson Pottery in 1885, although a pottery factory had been here since from when the canal opened in 1778. The factory was closed in 1981 and largely demolished in 2017.
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Elijah Cotton's Nelson pottery stood at the junction of Commercial Road (left) and Botteslow Street ...
This is a photograph of Elijah Cotton's Nelson Pottery taken from the Caldon Canal which ran alongside ...
The camera is looking east from the Caldon Canal towpath near Botteslow Street road bridge. The row ...
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Creators: Mr Bert Bentley - Creator
Image courtesy of: Stoke on Trent City Archives.
Donor ref:SD1480/166-21 (204/38296)
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