The Black Bull Inn, Brindley Ford, Stoke-on-Trent
The Black Bull public house was on the corner of Bridge Street and Tunstall Road in Brindley Ford. It is nom longer vopen and has been converted into a dwelling. The slag tips on the right are from Robert ...
The Caldon Canal and Bolton's Copper Works
The Caldon Canal with Thomas Bolton & sons Ltd. Copper Works in the background. In the foreground a boy is fishing.
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 ...
The Grange, Burslem
The camera is looking south towards Shelton iron and steel works and the headgear of Wolstanton Colliery. The photograph was taken from the bridge near the northern end of the Grange mineral railway line.
The ...
The Liberty of Tamworth Castle
A detail showing a view of Tamworth Castle from a decorative map surveyed by William Wyatt for the Earl of Northampton shows the ‘liberty’ of Tamworth castle, an area outside the boundaries of a borough ...
The Liberty of Tamworth Castle
Dated 1741, this decorative map surveyed by William Wyatt for the Earl of Northampton shows the ‘liberty’ of Tamworth castle, an area outside the boundaries of a borough where free men had certain rights ...
The Mayfield Smithy at Shugborough Park Farm
Charles Woodward's smithy from Mayfield as reconstructed at Shugborough Park Farm. The forge is to the right of the photograph, and a hand powered belt-driven drill can be seen to the left.
The smithy ...
The Mill, Penkridge
There has been a mill on this site, east of Bull Bridge on the River Penk, by 1754. Built on in the late 18th century, the present building mill operated as a water-powered iron rolling mill between ...
The Old Blacksmiths, Uttoxteter Road, Longton
A former smithy on Uttoxeter Road, Longton.
The Potteries Die Company, Knypersley Road, Norton-in-the-Moors
The Potteries Die Co. premises on Knypersley Road, Norton. The company started in 1936 making precision moulds and press-tool equipment for the ceramics industry and today is a tool maker for a wide range ...
The Potteries Loop Line between Hanley and Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken looking west from the Josiah Wedgwood Street railway bridge along the Loop Line between Hanley and Etruria. This section of the Loop Line was opened in the early 1860s. The road ...
The Trent & Mersey Canal from north of Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north along the Trent & Mersey Canal from the footbridge just north of Westport Lake. The building and chimney in the centre is the old blowing engine house at Ravensdale.
Opened in 1777, ...
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 ...
Thomas Bolton and Sons, display
Thomas Bolton and Sons Ltd factory display featuring copper alloy products and advertisements.
In 1790 the Cheadle Copper and Brass Company acquired a tinplate works at Oakamoor and began smelting ...
Thomas Piggott & Co., Tipton
Women workers at the Thomas Piggott & Co.'s works in Tipton during World War I. Probably taken around 1917-1918, these war workers are engaged in heavy duty industrial activities traditionally undertaken ...
Thompson and Southwick, Glascote, Tamworth
Taken in Thompson and Southwick's works yard with a Spur ring and water wheel made for Brisbane in Australia. The moulder seen on the right is Mr J. Hames. Only two firms in the country made coat line ...
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.
Tipton Old Church: sepia wash drawing
'Tipton Old Church.' Showing a medieval tower and the ruins of a nave, standing by iron-works of which three high chimneys are seen. Part of the graveyard is also shown on the left in the foreground. ...
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 ...