Stoke-on-Trent Corporation Electricty Works on the Caldon Canal, Hanley
The Corporation Electricity Works is on the right hand side with Harrison's Mill opposite. Further down is Goodwin's flint mill. In the centre are the ovens of Howson's sanitary ware woks (the Eastwood ...
Stoking the Furnace, Electricity Generating Plant, Stafford,
Workman stoking the furnaces at the electrical wiring and generating plant.
The electricity works opened on Bull Hill in 1895, supplying 36 shops and houses.
Stone Road from the Hanford roundabout, Stoke-on-Trent
A view south along the A34 (Stone Road) from Hanford roundabout. Here, from 1962, the A34 met the M6 link road and later the A500 (Queensway). The River Trent flows just behind the electricity sub station ...
Strongford Sewage Plant construction, Barlaston
By 1924, the first sewage filter beds had been built on the site of Strongford Mill on the River Trent, between Stoke on Trent and Barlaston. New slurry beds were built in 1938.
This view shows the ...
Sun Street, Shelton
Looking west along Sun Street from close to the old entrance to Hanley Greyhound Stadium. Clyde Street runs off to the left. On the right, on the corner of Mount Pleasant, is the Shoulder of Mutton public ...
Sunday School Centenary Celebrations, Stafford,
Wesley Methodist Church Sunday School centenary celebrations on the Market Square.
In the centre is the Jubilee Fountain, erected in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. It was demolished ...
Tamworth Waterworks, Hopwas
Tamworth Waterworks and Pumping Station was built at Hopwas in 1879 to supply mains water to Tamworth. Disused since 1962, it was converted into residences in 2005.
The Conduit, Cannock,
The hexagonal stone building is the Conduit, which housed the outlet of the town's water supply, piped from a spring on Rummer Hill.
The Conduit, High Green, Cannock
This hexagonal stone building is the Conduit, which housed the outlet of the town's water supply, piped from a spring on Rummer Hill. The Cannock Conduit Trust was formed in 1735 to bring fresh drinking ...
The English Electric Co. Ltd., shop floor, Butt Lane, Kidsgrove
Located on the Nelson Industrial Estate the factory opened in 1954 employing about 200 people. The factory worked on such things as advanced radar equipment, early computers and control panels. After ...
The Gas House, Trentham Gardens, Trentham
The gas house stood on Park Drive beyond the Smithy. Occupying an old quarry, the house was linked to a gas works, complete with gas holder, which made coal gas to light Trentham Hall. The mid 19th century ...
The Hednesford Murder
A postcard with four views of places associated with the murder of Mrs Gaskin in Hednesford in 1919. The murder of Mrs Gaskin is not Hednesford's only murder but it is still probably the most infamous.
Henry ...
The Ice House at Crakemarsh Hall, near Uttoxeter
Corridor and steps leading to the ice chamber in the Ice House at Crakemarsh Hall showing the brickwork of the chamber through the open door. The Ice House was restored by John Walker of Uttoxeter in ...
The murder of Elizabeth Gaskin, Hednesford
Postcard photograph captioned ‘Where the body was found’ with a group of people at the base of a gasometer. Henry Gaskin hid his wife's dismembered head and clothing in the water below the disused gasometer ...
The murder of Elizabeth Gaskin, Hednesford
Postcard photograph with the caption ‘The Chase Murder, Feb 1919. Showing 5ft wall over which the body was taken. Tank is several yards from the wall’.
Henry Gaskin climbed the wall to place his murdered ...
The old blast engine house in Ravensdale, Tunstall
The ruins are the engine house and chimney of a iron works blast engine. The photograph was taken near Copp Lane alongside the Trent and Mersey Canal looking south east towards Burslem. The tower of ...
The reservoir on Hednesford Hills
View of the construction of the reservoir on Hednesford Hills close to the Museum of Cannock Chase. Work on the site began in Spring 1991.
The station and gasworks, Longton
Photograph taken looking east, St. James's church can be seen in the distance. The entrance to the yard was by Murdoch St.
This is the now site of the Tesco super store and car park.