Caldon Canal in Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent
The bridge carries the original North Staffordshire Railway Stoke to Leek and Biddulph Valley lines over the Caldon Canal near Abbey Hulton. The line has been dismantled and is now a footpath and cycleway. ...
Caldon Canal in Hanley Park
Hanley Park opened in 1897, covering nearly 65 acres (25 hectares) and was designed by Thomas Mawson who also laid out Burslem Park. He laid the park out on what was known as "Stoke Fields", an area ...
Caldon Canal near Endon
This view of the Caldon Canal shows a pivoting swing bridge at Endon with a canal bridge behind. The bridge was used to transfer China clay or Cornish stone from narrowboats into rail trucks, with the ...
Caldon Canal near Lichfield Street, Stoke-on-Trent
This picture shows the Caldon Canal running past a pottery factory near Lichfield Street in Stoke-on-Trent. Canals were a very important means of transporting raw materials and finished ceramic products: ...
Caldon Canal near Pyenest Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Taken from close to the Stoke Road (A5006) bridge, the camera is looking west along the Caldon Canal. In the distance is one of the now demolished gas holders of the Etruria Gas Works on Etruscan Street. ...
Caldon Canal, Consall
A view of the River Churnet where the Caldon Canal (left) separates from the River Churnet (on the right). Beyond can be seen the bridge which carries the Churnet Valley Railway over the canal, and in ...
Caldon Canal, Consall
View of the Caldon Canal near Consall. A woman, young woman and three children on tow path.
Caldon Canal, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This narrow boat on the Caldon Canal near Etruria would have been used to transport coal. The canal system in the Potteries was once the main source of transport for large quantities of heavy goods.
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Caldon Canal, Froghall
A narrowboat on the Caldon Canal about to enter Froghall tunnel. The tunnel had no tow path so boats had to be 'legged' through it.
Caldon Canal, Froghall
The Caldon Canal with Thomas Bolton & Sons Ltd. Copper Works to the right. In the foreground is the narrowboat 'Beatrice' alongside a moored boat 'Ethel'. Both boats were registered to a Froghall owner....
Caldon Canal, Horse Bridge, Longsdon
A postcard view of the Leek Branch of the Caldon Canal at Horse Bridge, Longsdon, neer Leek, taken from the bridge which carries Sutherland Road over the canal. The short branch of canal connecting Caldon ...
Caldon Canal, Milton
The Caldon Canal pictured at Milton, Stoke-on-Trent. Pottery was packed at Minton for transport specially for Johnson Brothers. The company had three narrowboats named 'The Milton Queen', 'the Milton ...
Caldon Canal, near Consall
A wooden drawbridge on the Caldon Canal , between Cheddleton and Consall. The Caldon Canal was engineered by James Brindley and opened in 1777 as far as Froghall Wharf.
Caldon Canal, near Lichfield Street, Stoke-on-Trent
A potbank alongside the Caldon Canal.
Caldon Canal, Stockton Brook
Lock number 9 on the Caldon Canal at Stockton Brook. The bridge next to the pumping station chimney carries the Stanley Road over the canal. The lock side building remains today (2016) as a private residence....
California Lock, Uttoxeter Canal, near Oakamoor
The overgrown remains of California or Morris's Lock on the disused Uttoxeter Canal, near Oakamoor.
The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from Froghall as ...
Canal and Locks, Great Haywood
The lock on the Trent and Mersey Canal by Trent Lane in Great Haywood, with the lock keeper's cottage on the right. This was later (until 2017) the Lock House Restaurant and Tea Rooms.
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Canal and railway, South Basin, Hednesford
Working narrow boats with railway rolling stock in the background. The Hednesford Basin was sited at the end of the Cannock extension to the Birmingham Canal Navigations and served the nearby collieries, ...