Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, Great Haywood
The figure on the right is standing on the towpath of the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal aqueduct over the River Trent, just before the junction with the Trent & Mersey Canal beyond the bridge.
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Stubbs & Co warehouse, Stone
A view of warehouses by the Trent and Mersey Canal in Stone, near Stafford Street. Stubbs & Co. were corn merchants and millers with offices in Granville Square.
This site has since been developed ...
The Cliffs, Shugborough
This postcard view is of an area known as the Cliffs and the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Nearby is Shugborough Hall, which is the ancestral home of the Anson family, who were later created the Earls of ...
The Mill and Canal Wharf, Great Haywood,
View of the mill and canal wharf from the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal; the bridge marks junction of the canal with the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal.
Far left is the corn mill, powered ...
The Trent & Mersey Canal, Little Haywood
The canal boats to the left all belong to William Sproston who was a farmer and coal merchant living at Navigation Inn (now Navigation Farm) on Meadow Lane in Little Haywood. In the centre is a signal ...
The view from Primrose Hill, Hanford
The view north east towards Sideway from Primrose Hill in Hanford as it was in 1964. In the centre of the photograph is Stafford Colliery with its waste tip, once part of the Stafford Coal & Iron Company. ...
Trent & Mersey Canal, Armitage
Armitage village viewed from the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Published by F. Frith & Co. Ltd., Reigate.
Trent & Mersey Canal, Meaford, Stone,
Canal boats on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Meaford.
Trent & Mersey Canal, near Armitage
The bridge shown is the tunnel next to the Plum Pudding pub at Armitage on the Trent Mersey Canal. It was later opened out into a cutting but is still narrow enough to make for tricky navigation. The ...
Trent & Mersey Canal, Rugeley
In the background can be seen Stokes' Tannery buildings, at the rear of Bryan's Lane.
There had been a tannery on this site from at least the 18th century. Stokes & Co.’s origins lay with Stephen ...
Trent and Mersey Canal at Colwich
A view of the Trent and Mersey Canal at Colwich, looking south-east towards Colwich Lock.
Towards the left is the tower of St. Micahel and All Angels Church and in between the church and the canal ...
Trent and Mersey Canal Company Offices, Stone,
The offices of the Trent and Mersey Canal Company, near to the wharf in Stafford Street.
Trent and Mersey Canal Wharf, Stone
The Stafford Street bridge over the Trent Mersey canal at Stone. In the distance can be seen the gas works. the canal boat appears to be unloading a cargo of lime at the wharf on the right.
To the ...
Trent and Mersey Canal, Barlaston
A working narrowboat on the Trent and Mersey canal near Barlaston.
Trent and Mersey Canal, Great Haywood
A view of the Trent and Mersey Canal looking south at the Shugborough estate, between Great Haywood and Little Haywood. This stretch of the canal, designed by James Brindley, was opened in 1770.
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Trent and Mersey Canal, Great Haywood,
Trent and Mersey Canal, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent
The Trent and Mersey canal was built by James Brindley between 1766 and 1777 and transported raw materials and finished goods to and from a large number of pottery factories in Stoke-on-Trent. The factory ...
Trent and Mersey Canal, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the Trent and Mersey Canal in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent.
The importance of the canals to the ceramic industry is well illustrated by the photograph: piles of ceramic wares and bottle kilns ...