Finished Warehouse, Grimwades, Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior with a view of a warehouse.
The women in the picture are checking ware for quality and wrapping it in preparation for leaving the factory.
The woman on the left is checking ...
Fireman Stoking Calcining Kiln.
Pottery factory interior with a view of a fireman stoking a calcining kiln.
Calcining is the process of heating bone or flint to soften it for grinding down into a powder.
Bone and flint powder ...
Firing a Kiln at Minton Hollins.
Pottery factory interior showing a fireman shovelling coal into a kiln firemouth.
Formed ware is made hard by exposing it to very high temperatures, which was commonly achieved by firing it in a bottle ...
Firing a kiln in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior depicting a man firing a kiln.
Formed ware is made hard by exposing it to very high temperatures, which was commonly achieved by firing it in a bottle oven.
The bottle ...
Firing Pottery. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of the smokey industrial landscape as pottery manufacturers fire their products in kilns and ovens.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation ...
Fixing Spout and Teapot.
Pottery factory interior showing a man fixing a spout to a teapot.
The teapot was assembled or stuck up when the clay had dried to a leather-hard state, not completely dry.
The pieces were joined ...
Flat-Presser Making Dishes.
Pottery factory interior showing a flat-presser making dishes.
A young mould runner waits on the presser, supplying him with moulds.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This ...
Flatware Makers at Gladstone China.
Pottery factory interior with a group of flatware makers posing for a photograph.
The photograph was taken in the flatware making shop at Gladstone China, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, in ...
Floor Plan of a Potbank - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This floor plan for a pottery complex may have been drawn up by local manufacturer Enoch Wood - who certainly added notes outlining his intentions.
He noted down plans for a nine-foot perimiter wall, ...
Florence Colliery, Longton
Lantern slide with a view of a "modern pit head." Taken at Florence Colliery, Nr. Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.This lantern slide appears to be one of a group ...
Florence Colliery, Longton
Florence Colliery, named after the the Duke of Sutherland's (the colliery owner) daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked until 1990. It was a productive pit. Situated near Longton Park it ...
Florence Colliery, Longton
Lantern slide with a view of Florence Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked ...
Florence Colliery, Longton
Florence Colliery was named after the eldest daughter of the 3rd Duke of Sutherland, the original mine owner. the first shaft was sunk in 1874, there were three shafts by 1916 and eventually the colliery ...
Florence Colliery, Longton
Florence Colliery was named after the eldest daughter of the 3rd Duke of Sutherland, the mine owner. The colliery became the Florence Coal and Iron Company in 1896 and was expanded to three shafts in ...
Florence Colliery, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial landscape taken at Florence Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked until 1990.
Florence Colliery, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial landscape taken at Florence Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked until 1990.
Florence Colliery, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial landscape including Florence Colliery, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked until 1990.
Florence Colliery, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Florence Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Named after the Duke of Sutherland's daughter, the pit was opened in 1874 and was worked until 1990.