Proposed Commercial Canal - Declaration from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A committee of subscribers to a scheme for a new canal are in uproar about the publication of a hand bill claiming to reflect their views.
At this time, the committee were taking on a weighty opponent, ...
Proposed Grand Commercial Canal - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In this statement, a group of landowners protest that they have been misrepresented in print.
They believe that they have been cast as supporters of a controversial new canal scheme, simply because ...
Proposed Grand Commercial Canal - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In this statement, a group of landowners protest that they have been misrepresented in print.
They believe that they have been cast as supporters of a controversial new canal scheme, simply because ...
Queen's (Coronation) Gardens, London Road, Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent
This view south along London Road shows the line of the now filled in Newcastle under Lyme Canal which linked Newcastle with the Trent & Mersey Canal in Stoke. To the left is Boothen School and the spire ...
Queen's Garden, Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph shows Queen's (or Coronation) Gardens on London Road in Boothen. The gardens were built on the bed of the abandoned and filled in Newcastle under Lyme Canal. The gardens were laid out ...
River Trent, Leek Road, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent
The River Trent meandering south on its way to Bucknall. The photograph was taken from the abandoned Leek Road railway bridge in Abbey Hulton. The houses in the top left hand corner are on Leek Road. ...
Shelton Bar Steel Works, Etruria
The Trent and Mersey Canal passing through the Steel Works at Shelton Bar. Steel production at Shelton Bar ended in 1978 but the processing of existing steel continued in the rolling mills until the ...
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company wharf Buildings, Burslem Branch Canal
This plan shows the wharf building owned by the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company. The building sat on the Burslem branch of the Trent and Mersey canal which has since been filled in, although ...
Sideway from Rookery Lane, Stoke-on-Trent
This was the view eastwards from Rookery Lane towards the Staffordshire Collieries and Iron works in Sideway. Alongside are the spoil tips of the coal and iron works. This is now the site of the Bet 365 ...
Staffordshire Pottery Manufacturers discuss Crime on the Canals - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
At the meeting described in this pamphlet, pottery manufacturers complained that their wares were regularly stolen in transit on the canals - despite precautions taken by some carriers.
This problem, ...
Stanley Pool
The dam at the north west end of Stanley Pool. Built in 1786 as an 8 acre (3¼ hectare) reservoir to supply water for the nearby Caldon Canal, the pool was enlarged to 33 acres (13 hectares) in 1840 ...
Stockton Brook waterworks and Caldon Canal.
The view west along the Caldon Canal with the Staffordshire Potteries Water Company's Stockton Brook pumping station on the right. A successful trial borehole was drilled in 1882 into the underlying Millstone ...
Stoke Bottom Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal, Shelton, Stoke upon Trent
This photograph shows the view north along the Trent & Mersey Canal from Stoke Bottom Lock (Lock 36) towards Etruria with its gas holder. Lock 36 is close to Stoke Road bridge over the A500 (Queensway) ...
Stoke to Leek railway at Stockton Brook
A view west along the Stoke to Leek branch line from the short tunnel at Stokton Brook. To the right is the, now demolished, chimney of Stockton Brook waterworks, with the works roof just visible. The ...
Stoke to Leek railway line and Buller's factory near Milton, Stoke-on-Trent
The view north from Leek New Road (A53) bridge along the Stoke to Leek branch line. Buller's (later Allied Insulators) factory is to the left. Bullers factory dates from 1920 and manufactured electrical ...
Stoke Wharf. Circa 1966. Photographed by Alan Self
The old wharf buildings on the Trent and Mersey canal await demolition in the mid 1960’s.
The land was earmarked for the A500 D-road to cut a swathe through the centre of Stoke.
Many buildings ...
Stoke-on-Trent Corporation Electricty Works on the Caldon Canal, Hanley
The Corporation Electricity Works is on the right hand side with Harrison's Mill opposite. Further down is Goodwin's flint mill. In the centre are the ovens of Howson's sanitary ware woks (the Eastwood ...
Summit Lock bridge on Trent & Mersey Canal, Etruria, Stoke-on-trent
This photograph shows the removal or renovation of the bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal at the Summit Lock (also known as Stoke Top Lock) at the junction with the Caldon Canal. Immediately behind ...