Anderton Boat Lift, Northwich
The Anderton Boat Lift is a two caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in north-west England. It provides a 50-foot (15.2 m) vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River ...
Anderton Canal Carriers Wharf, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph shows two important sites on the Trent & Mersey Canal in Middleport. In the centre is the Anderton Canal Company's warehouse and boat repair yard and beyond Burgess & Leigh's Middleport ...
Anderton Canal Co. Wharf, Navigation Road, Middleport
This photograph was taken just off the southern end of Navigation Road in Middleport. This was at the northern end of the half mile Burslem Branch Canal which came off the Trent & Mersey Canal. The branch ...
Anderton canal wharves, Middleport
The camera is looking northwards along the Trent & Mersey Canal in Middleport. The buildings on the right belonged to the Anderton Canal Company who were one of the three main carriers serving the Potteries ...
Bedford Street Lock and Mellor's Millers on the Caldon Canal, Hanley
This photograph was taken from the Bedford Street Locks (locks 1 and 2) looking north along the Caldon Canal towards Mellor' Mills wharf and works. The canal bends sharply round to the left towards the ...
British Waterways Depot, Burslem Branch Canal, Burslem
British Waterways was the authority responsible for maintaining the majority of canals in the United Kingdom. Formed in 1962 it became the Canal & River Trust in 2012. This depot was at the far end of ...
Caldon Canal at Stanley Road, Stockton Brook
Looking east along the Caldon Canal from the Stanley Road bridge in Stockton Brook. The lock is the Top Lock (number 9) on the canal, with boats up to 72 feet long and 7 feet wide able to use the canal. ...
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: ...
Canal bridge at Ivy House Road, Hanley
A wooden lift bridge over the Caldon Canal in Hanley. Lift bridges were counter-weighted and usually operated manually or by using a windlass. This bridge has been replaced by a permanent structure.
Cheddleton. Photographed by William Blake.
Canal view including Cheddleton Wharf, Staffordshire.
This view includes a lock, overhead warehouse and bridge situated on the Caldon Canal at Leek Road.
Consall Mill. Photographed by William Blake.
Winter scene including the Caldon Canal at Consall Mill, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Eastwood Works, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the Eastwood pottery works in Stoke-on-Trent which was owned by J. & G. Meakin.
The company was well known for its ironstone china and white granite ware, much of which was sold in America ...
Endon Village, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape overlooking Endon village Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Etruria Canal and Industrial Site. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of barges on the Trent & Mersey Canal at an industrial site in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Etruria Canal and Industrial Site. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of narrow boats on the Trent & Mersey Canal at an industrial site in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Etruria Canal and Steel Works. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Trent & Mersey Canal and a steel manufacturing site, including a steam crane and workers.
Taken at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Etruria Canal and Steel Works. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Trent & Mersey Canal and a steel manufacturing site, including a steam crane. Taken at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Junction of the Caldon and Trent & Mersey Canals at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph shows the junction of the Trent & Mersey Canal (to the right) with the Caldon Canal (left) at Etruria.
On the right is the summit lock (lock 40) of the Trent & Mersey Canal, which at ...