James Brindley
James Brindley (1716-1772) was a civil engineer and was a pioneering builder of canals. His engineering works include the Bridgewater Canal which links Manchester and Liverpool, the Trent and Mersey ...
Jesse Shirley's Bone and Flint Mill, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking from the Lower Bedford Street bridge along the Trent & Mersey canal towards Etruscan Bone & Flint Mill. The canal bends left, to the right is a small canal basin for the mill. The mill was built ...
Johnson's Imperial Pottery and the Caldon Canal, Hanley
Looking west along the Caldon Canal with Johnson Brothers' Imperial Pottery on the left hand side. The Eastwood earthenware works is on the other side. In the distance is Lichfield Street bridge. Charles ...
Joule's Ale Stores, Stone
Joule's brewery's Newcastle Street Ale Stores and bottling plant, facing the Trent and Mersey Canal. Built in 1881.
Francis Joule came into possession of the White House Inn and brewhouse at Stone ...
Junction of the Caldon and Trent & Mersey Canals at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph shows the junction of the Trent & Mersey Canal (to the right) with the Caldon Canal (left) at Etruria.
On the right is the summit lock (lock 40) of the Trent & Mersey Canal, which at ...
Junction of Trent and Mersey and Newcastle under Lyme Canals, Stoke upon Trent
This photograph, taken from Glebe Street bridge, shows the junction of the Newcastle under Lyme Canal (left) with the Trent and Mersey Canal. The camera is looking towards Etruria; the gas holders in ...
Kinfare Bridge
Kinfare Bridge is number 29 on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772. It has a separate tunnel for the towpath and has been widened ...
Kingsley - Bridge at Froghall: sepia drawing
'Bridge at Frogall Chain near Kingsley, Staffordshire,' showing a substantial bridge [over a canal.]'J. C. Buckler.'
Kingsley Banks. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Kingsley Banks and a narrow boat on the Caldon Canal at Consall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Kinver Lock
Kinver Lock is on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772.
Kinver Light Railway, The Hyde, Kinver
Kinver Light Railway opened on 5th April 1901 and ran between Mill Lane, Kinver and the Fish Inn, Amblecote.
The railway began to decline after World War One and the line closed in 1930, after the ...
Kinver Lock viewed from the northern side
Launching a cruiser at Great Haywood
Launching of a small crusier on the Trent and Mersey canal at Great Haywood. In the background is the old bridge which carried the Great Haywood to Tixall road over the canal.
Today, the site of ...
Leek Canal Basin
Narow boat moored at Leek Canal Basin. The white building is the Goods Office, with a warehouse on the right with its derrick crane. In the background is Leek Station down platform with water tower. ...
Leek Canal Tunnel
The north portal of Leek Canal Tunnel, a 130 yard tunnel on the Caldon to Leek branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal. The tunnel was restored in 1984.
Image copyright K.B. Oliver. The Oliver Collection ...
Leek New Road, Milton, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north east towards Baddeley Green from the Leek New Road (A53) bridge over the Caldon Canal near Milton. The area to the immediate left of the road is the old shraff (waste) tip belonging to Buller's ...
Lift bridge on Caldon Canal near Long Butts Farm, Stoke-on-Trent
The lift bridge (bridge number 23) on the Caldon Canal close to Long Butts Farm on Ball Lane, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent. Sometimes called a drawbridge, this lift bridge is hand operated using a windlass ...
Lift bridge over the Caldon Canal at Heakley Green, Norton Green
The Norton Green lift bridge (bridge No 21) carries the path leading to Cockshead Cottages over the Caldon Canal west of Baddeley Green. Just beyond the bridge was the start of the arm of the canal that ...