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Showing a classical Temple in the grounds of Bishton Hall, with one pediment which has been erected over an arched channel [?boathouse], at the sid...
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The canal basin and boatyard on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Stone. These 18th and 19th century buildings are now occupied by the Canal Cruising C...
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Bratch Locks stand on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772.
There are 3 loc...
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Brewood Wharf stands on the Shropshire Union Canal, designed by Thomas Telford and opened in March 1835.
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A wooden drawbridge on the Caldon Canal , between Cheddleton and Consall. The Caldon Canal was engineered by James Brindley and opened in 1777 as ...
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Canals are now mostly used for recreation with many people owning or hiring canal barges for touring holidays. Some people live in canal barges and...
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A pottery works fireman remembers the people on the working canal boats:-
They’d moor the boat at the side of a firm, and they’d come on site and ...
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A typical bridge on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772.
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The lock and bridge on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Trent Lane in Great Haywood. To the left is the Lock Keeper's house (The Lockhouse Tea Rooms in...
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In the past, when river transport was a popular means of transport, the Caldon Canal was a busy place. The canal served the Churnet Valley and surr...
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Wharf buildings on the Caldon Canal at 10, Cheadle Road, Cheddleton.
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This picture shows the Cauldon Canal running past a pottery factory near Lichfield Street in Stoke-on-Trent. Canals were a very important means of ...
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