Lift bridge on Caldon Canal near Long Butts Farm, Stoke-on-Trent
The lift bridge (bridge number 23) on the Caldon Canal close to Long Butts Farm on Ball Lane, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent. Sometimes called a drawbridge, this lift bridge is hand operated using a windlass ...
Lift bridge over the Caldon Canal at Heakley Green, Norton Green
The Norton Green lift bridge (bridge No 21) carries the path leading to Cockshead Cottages over the Caldon Canal west of Baddeley Green. Just beyond the bridge was the start of the arm of the canal that ...
London Road, Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking south west along London Road from the Regent Street area. To the left is Coronation Gardens, occupying the old bed of the Stoke to Newcastle Canal.
London Road, Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent
A view south west along London Road towards Oakhill from near All Saints Road. The West End public house later became a community centre. Off to the left are Coronation Gardens, occupying the old bed ...
Looking west from Hollywall Lane, Goldenhill
The view west from Hollywall Lane over the entrance to the old Harecastle railway tunnel. The houses in the foreground are on Boathorse Road (or Lane) and beyond the house and barns of Yeld Hill Farm. ...
Meaford Lock, Nr. Stone. Photographed by William Blake.
View of a lock and a horse drawn narrow boat on the Trent & Mersey Canal.
This view was taken at Meaford, Nr. Stone, Staffordshire.
Meeting to discuss a new canal from the Trent to the Mersey
A meeting to discussed a proposed new canal linking the Trent and Mersey has been rescheduled.
It will now take place at midday on 1 June 1796, at the Roebuck in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
This notice ...
Narrow Boat, Stoke Wharf
This large cargo carrying narrow boat finds itself foundering high and dry at Stoke Wharf. The Trent and Mersey canal passes quietly by, leaving the boat redundant.
Narrow boats such as this would have ...
Narrow Boat, Stoke Wharf.
During the 1960’s the use of inland waterways became a popular past time for pleasure seekers. The Trent & Mersey canal had ceased to be used by commercial traffic in the late 1940’s, and ...
Narrow Boats outside Winkle and Wood Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
Canals are now mostly used for recreation with many people owning or hiring narrow boats for touring holidays. Some people live in canal narrow boats and have permanent moorings at the canal side or in ...
Navigation from the Trent to the Mersey - Handbill from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
The Trent and Mersey Canal, begun in 1766, had become big business by the end of the 18th century.
Its owners were concerned about ensuring an adequate supply of water to the canal, and had applied ...
Nelson Pottery and the Caldon Canal, Hanley
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 ...
Newcastle under Lyme Canal at Copeland Street, Stoke-upon-Trent
A view along the Newcastle under Lyme Canal where it leaves the Trent & Mersey Canal in Stoke on Trent. The photograph is taken from the bridge at the junction with the Trent & Mersey: the bridge in the ...
Panorama from Bedford Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from just north of the flight of locks at Bedford Street in Shelton. The camera is looking northwards along the Caldon Canal with the winding towers of Wolstanton Colliery on ...
Precaution is Prevention: Or, A Friendly Warning to the Landed and Agricultural Interest; respecting the Real Designs of the Grand Trunk Canal Company in their Intended Application to Parliament - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
During 1808, the Trent and Mersey Canal Company was attempting to persuade the government that it should be exempt from paying the 'poor rates.'
The 'poor rates' were local taxes raised by every parish ...
Price Brothers factory, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory exterior and bottle oven taken at Price Brothers' National Teapot Factory, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.
The factory was situated on the Trent and Mersey Canal, which can be seen in the ...
Price Brothers' National Teapot Factory.
Factory exterior and bottle oven taken at Price Brothers' National Teapot Factory, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.
The factory was situated on the Trent and Mersey Canal, which can be seen in the foreground. ...
Price's Pottery Factory.
Pottery factory exterior and bottle kiln.
Taken at Price's pottery factory in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.
This view includes the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum ...