Water Pumping Station, Huntington
Designed by Henry Naden and built in about 1876-9.
The station was built and used by the South Staffordshire Water Company.
Below the building was an 18 feet in diameter red brick-lined well, from ...
Water reclamation works, Uttoxeter
Construction of a sewage filter bed at the water reclamation works, close to the A50.
Waterworks engine house, Milford
The waterworks pumping station was built at Milford in 1890. The reservoirs situated on the top of the Satnall Hills supplied water to Stafford and its surrounding districts.
Photographer: Benjamin ...
Waterworks Interior, Milford
The waterworks pumping station was built at Milford in 1890. The reservoirs situated on the top of the Satnall Hills supplied water to Stafford and its surrounding districts.
Photographer: Benjamin ...
Waterworks, Longton Road, Stone
The waterworks, since demolished, were built in 1890 and supplied the whole town. The reservoir was on Red Hill.
Waterworks, Stone,
The waterworks were built in 1890 and supplied the whole town. The reservoir was on Red Hill.
The buildings have now been demolished.
Weir pump, Mill Meece Pumping Station
A weir pump is used to force water into a boiler at high pressure.
Mill Meece Pumping Station was built by Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company in 1912 to supplement the water supply to the Potteries. ...
Well Dressing, Rushton
Saint Helen's Well, near the vicarage house at Rushton Marsh, was dressed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The tradition was resumed in the 1990s.
The ceremony of well dressing is peculiar ...
West view of Mosty Lea Mill, near Stone
Mosty Lea Mill was probably in existence by 1716, when Stephen Townsend, a Stafford dyer, purchased the site for use as a fulling mill.
In 1756, John and Ralph Baddeley acquired it and rebuilt parts ...
Wind pump, Newlands Farm, Colton
The opening of a windmill powered water pump at Newlands Farm, between Colton and Abbots Bromley.
Windpump, Needwood
The vane for this windpump reads 'T.S. Coleman and Son, Artesian Well Engineers'. The exposed open fields on the relatively high land of Needwood Forest made windpowered water-drawing very effective. ...
Wolstanton Colliery from Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken looking south down the Fowlea Brook valley. Ricardo Street is no more, mostly lying under Middleport Park. The two winding gear towers are clearly visible and running across ...
Workers near Churchbridge, Cannock
Working party laying drain or sewage pipes at the roadside. William Henry Briggs is standing at the rear with a hammer in his hand.
Wyrley and Essington Canal, near Lichfield
This postcard view shows a widebeam barge near to Lock number 14 on the former Wryley and Essington Canal. Lock 14 was one of a series of locks on the canal between Wall Lane and Fosseway Lane near Lichfield. ...