Lime Kiln, Sandon Lock
The lime kiln by the Trent and Mersey Canal at Sandon Lock. Dating from the 18th century, it was used to burn lime for agricultural use. It has since been excavated and an archaeological survey carried ...
Lime Kilns and Canal Wharf, Froghall
Photograph taken from the Foxt Road looking toward the working lime kilns on the lower basin on the Caldon Canal at Froghall. To the right Brunner Mond boats are being loaded in the top lock of the Uttoxeter ...
Lime kilns, Froghall Wharf
Workmen extracting quicklime from the base of Froghall Lime Kilns and loading it onto narrowboats on the Caldon Canal at Froghall Wharf.
Limestone tippler at Endon
A North Staffordshire Railway truck carrying limestone is in position ready for tipping into a narrowboat. The railway brought limestone here from Cauldon Low quarries. The tippler was built in 1918-1919 ...
Line of track and old canal, Water Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the line of the old railway and canal, with the buildings of the railway goods yard on the left. The road on the right hand side is Water Street and the tall building is the Police ...
Loaded Narrowboat at Froghall Wharf
A working narrow boat loaded with limestone is seen being pulled along the canal by an unseen horse and driver. The Caldon Canal opened in 1779 and links Froghall to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, ...
Loading a narrowboat, Froghall Wharf
Loading a narrowboat with limestone at Froghall Wharf on the Caldon Canal..
The Caldon Canal opened in 1779 and links Froghall to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent. The canal also ...
Loading limestone at Froghall
Workmen loading limestone onto a boat on the Caldon Canal at Froghall, with the lime kilns smoking in the background. The boat, 'Edgar' belongs to Brunner, Mond & Co. Ltd. of Winnington and Sandbach, ...
Loading limestone at Froghall Wharf
Labourers loading limestone onto narrowboats on the Caldon Canal at Froghall Wharf.
The Caldon Canal carried coal, ironstone and limestone. The limestone industry was well established in the Churnet ...
Lock Keeper, Norbury Junction
The Newport branch of the Shropshire Union Canal started at Norbury Junction with a flight of seventeen locks.
The single-storey lock-keeper's cottage dates from the eighteenth century, when the canal ...
Lock keeper's cottage at Aston
Lock keeper's cottage at Aston by Stone on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The people are standing on the side of the lock chamber.
It is believed that the Cope family were living here by 1913, having ...
Lock Keeper's Cottage, Meaford
This lock keeper's cottage, at lock 32 at the Meaford flight of locks on the Trent and Mersey Canal, alongside brdge number 97, has since been demolished.
Lock Keeper's Cottage, Stone,
This lock keeper's cottage, at lock 32 at the Meaford flight of locks on the Trent and Mersey Canal, alongside brdge number 97, has now been demolished.
Lock Keepers House, Gailey Wharf
Gailey Wharf stands on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772.
Lock-keeper's Cottage, Hazlehurst Junction, near Endon
The lock-keepers cottage at Hazlehurst Junction, where the Leek branch leaves the main branch of the Caldon Canal.
Locomotive at Newcastle Railway Station
British Railways steam locomotive 47280 branching off to the Goods Yard (on Water Street) at Newcastle-under-Lyme Station. This locomotive was built at Glasgow in 1924, an 0-6-0 pannier tank designed ...
Locomotive on the Leek Line, Milton
Locomotive on the Leek Line which served Cauldon Low and Oakamoor Quarries. This photo shows an early open-cab pannier tank Hardman locomotive with the nameplate 'Markham'. The bridge carries the railway ...
London Road, Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent
A view south west along London Road towards Oakhill from near All Saints Road. The West End public house later became a community centre. Off to the left are Coronation Gardens, occupying the old bed ...