Lift bridge over the Caldon Canal at Heakley Green, Norton Green
The Norton Green lift bridge (bridge No 21) carries the path leading to Cockshead Cottages over the Caldon Canal west of Baddeley Green. Just beyond the bridge was the start of the arm of the canal that ...
Lime Kilns and Canal Wharf, Froghall
Photograph taken from the Foxt Road looking toward the working lime kilns on the lower basin on the Caldon Canal at Froghall. To the right Brunner Mond boats are being loaded in the top lock of the Uttoxeter ...
Limestone tippler at Endon
A North Staffordshire Railway truck carrying limestone is in position ready for tipping into a narrowboat. The railway brought limestone here from Cauldon Low quarries. The tippler was built in 1918-1919 ...
Loaded Narrowboat at Froghall Wharf
A working narrow boat loaded with limestone is seen being pulled along the canal by an unseen horse and driver. The Caldon Canal opened in 1779 and links Froghall to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, ...
Loading a narrowboat, Froghall Wharf
Loading a narrowboat with limestone at Froghall Wharf on the Caldon Canal..
The Caldon Canal opened in 1779 and links Froghall to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent. The canal also ...
Loading limestone at Froghall
Workmen loading limestone onto a boat on the Caldon Canal at Froghall, with the lime kilns smoking in the background. The boat, 'Edgar' belongs to Brunner, Mond & Co. Ltd. of Winnington and Sandbach, ...
Loading limestone at Froghall Wharf
Labourers loading limestone onto narrowboats on the Caldon Canal at Froghall Wharf.
The Caldon Canal carried coal, ironstone and limestone. The limestone industry was well established in the Churnet ...
Lock-keeper's Cottage, Hazlehurst Junction, near Endon
The lock-keepers cottage at Hazlehurst Junction, where the Leek branch leaves the main branch of the Caldon Canal.
Locomotive on the Leek Line, Milton
Locomotive on the Leek Line which served Cauldon Low and Oakamoor Quarries. This photo shows an early open-cab pannier tank Hardman locomotive with the nameplate 'Markham'. The bridge carries the railway ...
Men towing a Narrow Boat, Caldon Canal
Two men on the two path pulling a working narrow boat near Denford on the Caldon Canal. There are two men onboard the narrow boat, one on the tiller at the back and another on the front.
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 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 ...
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 ...
Outing on the Caldon Canal, Kingsley Banks
Photograph of a party of women dressed for a day's outing on an empty working narrow boat. There is another boat approaching in the opposite direction.