The New Market Works, Longton
The Old Grenville Pottery, Tunstall
Looking south towards the old Grenville Pottery from the end of Roylance Street in Tunstall. Since the 1960s, the pottery has been demolished and Roylance Street much shortened. Going off to the left ...
The Old Tramway in Fenton
This is the line of the old tramway in Fenton. The photograph was taken from the corner of Duke Street looking towards China Street (to the right). This tramway carried pottery goods from Longton to Stoke ...
The Old Vicarage, Glebedale Road, Fenton
The old vicarage in Fenton was at the southern end of Glebedale Road. At the time of the photograph it had become Thorley's Pottery.
The Potteries. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of Longton taken from St. James' Church, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The postcard is dated 1875 but Blake was not born until the mid 1870s. It is more likely that ...
The Real Devil in Stoke On Trent
Industrial landscape taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Photography and Design by William Blake.
This design, with its damning caption, is one of many that appear to confirm that Blake ...
The site of Ashworth's and Clementson's potteries, Hanley
The tall chimney on the left belonged to George Ashworth's Broad Street Works. On the right are the remains of a chimney belonging to Clementson's flint mill. The bottle ovens in between are part of ...
The Victoria Pottery.
Pottery factory exterior including bottle ovens and a chimney.
Taken at Victoria Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is ...
The view east over Buller's Electrical Porcelain works, Norton Lane, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking east from Norton Lane with the higher ground of Baddeley Green, Stanley and Bagnall in the distance. Leek New Road (A53) runs through the centre of the photograph.
In the foreground is Buller's ...
The view north from Vicarage Road in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking north from the end of Vicarage Road, at the entrance to Hartshill Park and Nature Reserve. The houses in Basford are in the distance, in the foreground is the Diamond Clay Works. ...
The view over Stoke-on-Trent from Bath Street
The camera is looking eastwards over Stoke from the corner of Boon Avenue and Bath Street. Bath Street leads down to the old Stoke Library building on London Road. In the distance is the spoil tip and ...
The Workshop for the Blind, City Road, Fenton
The Workshops for the Blind stood back off the north side of City Road between Standard Street and Elsing Street. The main building and the detached house (Sanderson House) on the right still stand. Travers ...
Three bottle ovens, Cobridge
The three bottle ovens belonged to an earthenware manufactory behind Purbeck Street (Formerly George Street) in Cobridge. Leek New Road is off to the left of the photograph. Bert Bentley, the photographer, ...
Tipping Molten Slag at an Ironworks. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial scene taken at Etruria Steel Works in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This view includes a steam engine and workers tipping molten waste known as slag.
Token Pottery, Mars Street, Smallthorne
This factory was formerly known as Sun Blind Works. It was constructed between 1900 and 1912 with later extensions between 1912 and 1924. The front of the building adjoins a modern covered loading bay. ...
Token Pottery, off Ford Green Road, Burslem
Today a sun blind factory, this building was originally a pottery manufactory. The two storey rectangular brick structure has a pitched and tiled roof with two chimneys, one a red stack with cap, the ...
Transporting Ware in a Factory.
Pottery factory courtyard with two workers transporting pottery.
The man in the foreground is carrying tureens on a wareboard. The man in the background is carrying a basket full of ware.
Taken ...
Trent & Mersey Canal and mill, Middleport
Looking northwards along the Trent & Mersey Canal with Middleport's old calcining mill on the right hand side. Crossing the canal is the Pidduck Street bridge, whilst in the distance on the left is the ...