The view from Primrose Hill, Hanford
The view north east towards Sideway from Primrose Hill in Hanford as it was in 1964. In the centre of the photograph is Stafford Colliery with its waste tip, once part of the Stafford Coal & Iron Company. ...
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 ...
Trent & Mersey Canal and Wilkinson's Royal Staffordshire Pottery.
Looking south along the Trent & Mersey Canal towards the rolling mills of Shelton Steel Works in the distance. The large building in the centre is the Royal Staffordshire Pottery of A J Wilkinson Ltd., ...
Trent & Mersey Canal at City Road, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north along the Trent & Mersey Canal at the City Road bridge. The wharf buildings (sometime the North Staffs Railway & Canal Company) on the left date from the 18th century. The photograph was ...
Trent & Mersey Canal at Sideway, Stoke-on-Trent
A view south along the Trent & Mersey Canal in the Sideway area of Stoke, with, in the distance, the A frame and head gear of Hem Heath Colliery. Alongside the canal are sidings belonging to the colliery. ...
Trent & Mersey Canal dock, Sideway, Stoke-on-Trent
A view of the Stafford Coal & Iron Company dock on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Sideway. Some of the colliery winding gear is in the background and the main railway line runs from left to right across ...
Trent & Mersey Canal from Limekiln Bridge, Trentham
The view north along the Trent & Mersey Canal from Limekiln Bridge. Newpark farm lies behind the trees on the right. This land as well as that on the left bank has been developed for housing. The canal ...
Trent & Mersey Canal from Limekiln Bridge, Trentham
The view south along the Trent & Mersey Canal from Limekiln Bridge. The bridge is just north of Jonathan Road which was built after this photograph was taken. Round the corner is Trentham Lock. The areas ...
Trent & Mersey Canal from Liverpool Road bridge, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph shows the wharf on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Wharf Street in Stoke. The buildings to the right face onto Copeland Street and the bottle ovens belong to Shorter & Sons Pottery. To the ...
Trent & Mersey Canal in Middleport
This photograph was taken from the bridge at the bottom of Pidduck Street in Middleport, looking south along the Trent & Mersey Canal. The large buildings in the centre and right are rolling mills at ...
Trent & Mersey Canal near Hem Heath, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph was taken from Hem Heath bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal, looking south towards Barlaston. Since the photograph was taken the canal sides have been straightened and reinforced and ...
Trent & Mersey canal, Whieldon Road, Stoke-on-Trent
Although hardly used in the early 1960’s this image shows the canal in a good state of repair. Pleasure craft used this main trunk canal, as did anglers and other pleasure seekers.
Royal Doulton’s, ...
Trent & Mersey Summit Lock, Etruria.
The summit lock (lock 40) and toll charge office on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Etruria. The lock is at the junction of the Caldon and Trent & Mersey Canals, just over 400 feet above sea level. Here the ...
Trent an Mersey Canal at Twyford's Cliffe Vale works, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph is looking north along the Trent & Mersey Canal alongside Twyford's Cliffe Vale Works. The bridge in the centre carries Shelton New Road (previously called Newcastle Road) over the canal. ...
Trent and Mersey Canal, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent
The Trent and Mersey canal was built by James Brindley between 1766 and 1777 and transported raw materials and finished goods to and from a large number of pottery factories in Stoke-on-Trent. The factory ...
Trent and Mersey Canal, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the Trent and Mersey Canal in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.
The importance of the canals to the ceramic industry is well illustrated by the photograph: piles of ceramic wares and bottle kilns ...
Trentham Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal, Trentham
The photograph shows the lockkeeper's cottage alongside Trentham Lock (lock 35) on the Trent & Mersey Canal. The lock is close to the southern edge of the city, almost opposite Wedgwood's Barlaston works. ...
Trentham Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal, Trentham
Trentham Lock (lock 35) is between Jonathan Road and Wedgwood Drive, and lies very close to the southern boundary of the city. Trentham lock is particularly deep. Here the canal rises and falls nearly ...