Milking Bank Bridge, Armitage
Milking Bank Bridge on the Trent and Mersey Canal near Armitage. This is Bridge 61, officially designated Church Bridge. The track over the bridge gave access to farmer's fields so Milking Bank Bridge ...
Mill Road, Oakamooor
The Admiral Jervis Inn is the timber fronted building on the right, with the Holy Trinity Church just visible through the trees. Since this photograph was taken the smaller building to the left has been ...
Narrow boat and crew, Hednesford
Narrow boat and crew on the Birmingham Canal Navigation, Cannock Extension near Hawks Green. The canal served the nearby collieries, East Cannock and LIttleworth for the transportation of coal.
Narrow boat at Tixall Lock
The narrow boat "Britannia" at Tixall Lock on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.
The owner of the Swan Hotel, Stafford bought a 72 foot canal narrow boat, fitted a 12 horse power Petter engine ...
Narrow Boat being drawn by a horse, Brewood area
Narrow boat on Caldon Canal
One of Thomas Bolton's boats, 'Nora', which was used to deliver coal slack to the copper works at Froghall. 'Nora' was purchased in 1913 and 'Beatrice' in 1916, both named after members of the Bolton ...
Narrow Boat, Stoke Wharf
This large cargo carrying narrow boat finds itself foundering high and dry at Stoke Wharf. The Trent and Mersey canal passes quietly by, leaving the boat redundant.
Narrow boats such as this would have ...
Narrow Boat, Stoke Wharf.
During the 1960’s the use of inland waterways became a popular past time for pleasure seekers. The Trent & Mersey canal had ceased to be used by commercial traffic in the late 1940’s, and ...
Narrow Boats on the Caldon Canal, Denford
Ice-bound narrow boats on the Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal, looking towards the Hazelhurst Turnover Bridge No. 3 . There are three moored working narrow boats two of which have gang planks to the tow ...
Narrow Boats outside Winkle and Wood Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
Canals are now mostly used for recreation with many people owning or hiring narrow boats for touring holidays. Some people live in canal narrow boats and have permanent moorings at the canal side or in ...
Narrow Boats, Norbury,
At Norbury was the junction of the Newport and the Liverpool and Birmingham sections of the Shropshire Union Canal.
The Newport branch of the canal was little used after 1920 and was closed by by ...
Narrowboat 'Farmer's Friend' outing, Froghall
The Farmer’s Friend was a working narrowboat owned by Bowers and Thorley, limestone burners and hauliers. It was used for carrying limestone mined from Cauldon Low quarry to the lime kilns at Froghall ...
Narrowboat 'Farmers Friend' on an outing, Froghall
The Farmer’s Friend was a working narrowboat owned by Bowers and Thorley, limestone burners and hauliers. It was used for carrying limestone mined from Cauldon Low quarry to the lime kilns at Froghall ...
Narrowboat 'Perpetual', Consall
The horse-drawn narrowboat 'Perpetual' was purchased by William Podmore and Sons of Consall Mills in October 1915 and operated on the Caldon Canal between there and the company's head office at Shelton. ...
Navigation from the Trent to the Mersey - Handbill from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
The Trent and Mersey Canal, begun in 1766, had become big business by the end of the 18th century.
Its owners were concerned about ensuring an adequate supply of water to the canal, and had applied ...
Nelson Pottery and the Caldon Canal, Hanley
This is a photograph of Elijah Cotton's Nelson Pottery taken from the Caldon Canal which ran alongside the southern side of the factory. The bridge carrying Botteslow Street over the canal is in the middle ...
Nesta Jones, Shugborough
Nesta MacDonald (nee Jones), Laundry Maid at Shugborough Hall 1924-1927, with her bicycle on the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Newcastle Railway Junction, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent
The main line railway junction with the Newcastle spur. Etruria gas works can be seen in the background. In the foreground is D3800 diesel shunting engine (built 1959) and to the left is 42667 steam ...