Flood Prevention, Stafford, (6)
Sandyford Brook flood prevention.
The brook is being measured at the rear of Sandon Road.
Forton Aqueduct
This bridge carried the Shropshire Union canal over the River Meece near Forton. The Newport branch of the canal was little used after 1920, it was closed in 1955 and backfilled.
From the County Archaeology ...
Gailey Wharf
Gailey Wharf stands on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772. The embattled tower is the 18th century Round House, formerly the lock ...
Gailey Wharf
Gailey Wharf stands on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772. The embattled tower is a cottage designed by Brindley. In the foreground ...
Gailey Wharf
19th century Cottages at Gailey Wharf on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
Harecastle Tunnels, Kidsgrove
The Brindley (on the right) and Telford (on the left) canal tunnels can be seen here. The Brindley canal tunnel was designed by James Brindley and was opened in 1777. The tunnel took many years to complete ...
Harecastle Tunnels, Kidsgrove
N.S.R. engineering narrowboat moored alongside the towpath between the Brindley legging tunnel and the Thomas Telford additional parallel tunnel with towpath. A working narrowboat, J. & G. Meakin's ...
Haywood lock, Great Haywood
A canal boat passing through the lock on the Trent and Mersey Canal by Trent Lane in Great Haywood. The stone canal bridge links Great Haywood (left) with the Essex Bridge and the Shugborough estate ...
Hazlehurst Aqueduct, near Endon
The Hazlehurst Aqueduct was built in 1841 to carry the Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal over the main branch.
Hazlehurst Canal Junction, near Endon
A view of Hazlehurst Junction, where the Leek branch leaves the main branch of the Caldon Canal. To the left can be seen the towpath bridge of 1842, and in the centre is the lock-keeper's cottage.
Hazlehurst Canal Junction, near Endon
A winter's view of Hazlehurst Junction, where the Leek branch leaves the main branch of the Caldon Canal. To the left can be seen the towpath bridge of 1842, and in the centre is the lock-keeper's cottage....
High Bridge, Norbury
High Bridge from the south. It is sited on the Shropshire Union Canal near Norbury.
From the County Archaeology photograph collection held at Staffordshire Record Office.
High Bridge, Norbury
Slightly water damaged, this glass negative image shows a boat trip at High Bridge with its distinctive double arch over the Shropshire Union canal near Norbury.
Photographer: Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves....
Horninglow Canal Wharf, Burton-on-Trent
Two barges in the frozen basin of Horninglow Canal Wharf.
Horse drawn narrowboat, Caldon Canal
A working narrowboat being pulled along by a horse and driver, on the Caldon Canal between Consall Forge and Froghall.
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 ...
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 ...
Kingsley - Bridge at Froghall: sepia drawing
'Bridge at Frogall Chain near Kingsley, Staffordshire,' showing a substantial bridge [over a canal.]'J. C. Buckler.'