Burnishing ware, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior with a view of female workers in the process of burnishing ware. They are positioned facing the window as they needed good light to do the job. Taken at Minton's factory, London ...
Burslem from St Paul's Churchyard
The camera is looking eastwards from St Paul's Churchyard towards the centre of Burslem. Hall Street runs away from the centre of the picture towards the tower of St Joseph's Catholic Church. The cluster ...
Burslem from St Paul's Churchyard.
Looking east from the edge of St Paul's Churchyard. The tower to the right belongs to St Joseph's Catholic Church on Hall Street. The two gate posts on the right led to the original church, now demolished. ...
Burton Place, Hanley
The building on the right was occupied in the 1960s by Foulkes, building and decorating materials suppliers but had previously been a pottery. From the early 1920s until 1937, this was part of the Corona ...
C G Ramsden's works, Duke Street, Fenton
C G Ramsden manufactured colours and glazes for the ceramics industry. The works were at the southern end of Duke Street, close to the railway line. The works is on the site of Oldfield's 19th century ...
C. E. Edwards Ltd., Leek New Road, Cobridge
This factory is a two storey, rectangular unit, three rooms wide by 4 rooms deep. The ground floor has three casement windows with large plain stone sills and the doorway has a large plain stone lintel ...
Calcining kilns at Bucknall Flint Mill, Rixley Road, Bucknall
A pair of calcining kilns at George Edwards' Bucknall Flint Mill with their load of flint nodules after roasting (calcining).
Adding ground flint and bone (up to 50%), gives ware strength, whiteness ...
Caldon Canal from Bedford Street bridge, Hanley
Looking south along the Caldon Canal from the bridge at Bedford Street. On the left is the edge of large Bedford earthenware works operated by Ridgways. The tall building in the centre of the photograph ...
Caldon Canal from near Botteslow Street bridge, Hanley
The camera is looking east from the Caldon Canal towpath near Botteslow Street road bridge. The row of buildings on the left are the rear of Elijah Cotton's Nelson Pottery works. On the right was the ...
Caldon Canal near Lichfield Street, Stoke-on-Trent
This picture shows the Caldon Canal running past a pottery factory near Lichfield Street in Stoke-on-Trent. Canals were a very important means of transporting raw materials and finished ceramic products: ...
Caldon Canal near Pyenest Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Taken from close to the Stoke Road (A5006) bridge, the camera is looking west along the Caldon Canal. In the distance is one of the now demolished gas holders of the Etruria Gas Works on Etruscan Street. ...
Caldon Canal, near Lichfield Street, Stoke-on-Trent
A potbank alongside the Caldon Canal.
California Locomotive Works, Stoke-on-Trent
The California Works was operated by the locomotive manufacturer Kerr Stuart & Co. Kerr Stuart moved into the works in the 1890s when they took over another railway and tram manufacturer, Hartley, Arnoux ...
Campbell Road, Stoke-on-Trent
A view south along Campbell Road from the corner of Boothen Old Road. To the right is part of the Michelin factory and on the left, Staffordshire Public Works Co. Ltd, an engineering firm. This factory ...
Campbell Tile Co., London Road, Stoke upon Trent
The Campbell Tile Co. works and the adjoining Minton works in Stoke. A view north along London Road with Sturgess Street on the left (by the Overall Shop). The chimney at the end of road is at W T Copeland's ...
Cannon Street, Hanley
The camera is looking north east along Cannon Street (now Cannon Place) towards the centre of Hanley. In the centre distance is Hanley town Hall with its steep roofs. The photograph was taken from the ...
Caroline China Ltd.
Pottery factory exterior including a bottle oven.
Taken at Caroline Pottery, Caroline Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
The bottle oven was demolished in 1983.
All bottle ovens in the city are ...
Caroline Pottery Works, Caroline Street, Longton
A view of the rear of Caroline Pottery Works, and In the background is the Church of St.John the Baptist or Lane End Church built between 1792-1795.
In the centre of the photograph are two conical kilns, ...