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Trent & Mersey Canal in Middleport

This photograph was taken from the bridge at the bottom of Pidduck Street in Middleport, looking south along the Trent & Mersey Canal. The large buildings in the centre and right are rolling mills at ...

Wedgwood's Etruria works, Stoke-on-Trent

Etruria Works was opened by Josiah Wedgwood in 1769, replacing the Ivy House and Brick House Works in Burslem. Built on the route of the Trent & Mersey Canal, just where it would be crossed by the Newcastle ...

Wilkinson's Royal Staffordshire Pottery, Middleport

A J Wilkinson's Royal Staffordshire Pottery alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal in Middleport. The works originated as the Mersey Pottery, operated by Anthony Shaw from around 1860, becoming the property ...

Wire Mill , Kinver

In the 19th century there were several forges manufacturing bar, rod and sheet iron in Kinver Parish. This mill, on Mill Lane was making iron and steel wire in 1968, but later changed to manufacturing ...