Stanley Pool
The dam at the north west end of Stanley Pool. Built in 1786 as an 8 acre (3¼ hectare) reservoir to supply water for the nearby Caldon Canal, the pool was enlarged to 33 acres (13 hectares) in 1840 ...
Station Street, Burton-on-Trent
Station Street at its junction with Guild Street and Union Street, with the town pump on the left and the old Police Station on the right. Standing in the street is a heavy wagon loaded with grain sacks. ...
Steam engines, Mill Meece Pumping Station
Mill Meece Pumping Station was built by Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company between 1912 and 1928 to supplement the water supply to the Potteries. A Hawthorn Davey steam engine is seen to the left. ...
Stockton Brook waterworks and Caldon Canal.
The view west along the Caldon Canal with the Staffordshire Potteries Water Company's Stockton Brook pumping station on the right. A successful trial borehole was drilled in 1882 into the underlying Millstone ...
Stoke to Leek railway at Stockton Brook
A view west along the Stoke to Leek branch line from the short tunnel at Stokton Brook. To the right is the, now demolished, chimney of Stockton Brook waterworks, with the works roof just visible. The ...
Strongford Sewage Plant construction, Barlaston
By 1924, the first sewage filter beds had been built on the site of Strongford Mill on the River Trent, between Stoke on Trent and Barlaston. New slurry beds were built in 1938.
This view shows the ...
Sunday School Centenary Celebrations, Stafford,
Wesley Methodist Church Sunday School centenary celebrations on the Market Square.
In the centre is the Jubilee Fountain, erected in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. It was demolished ...
Tamworth Waterworks, Hopwas
Tamworth Waterworks and Pumping Station was built at Hopwas in 1879 to supply mains water to Tamworth. Disused since 1962, it was converted into residences in 2005.
The Conduit, Cannock,
The hexagonal stone building is the Conduit, which housed the outlet of the town's water supply, piped from a spring on Rummer Hill.
The Conduit, High Green, Cannock
This hexagonal stone building is the Conduit, which housed the outlet of the town's water supply, piped from a spring on Rummer Hill. The Cannock Conduit Trust was formed in 1735 to bring fresh drinking ...
The reservoir on Hednesford Hills
View of the construction of the reservoir on Hednesford Hills close to the Museum of Cannock Chase. Work on the site began in Spring 1991.
The view south from Stanley Farm, Stanley
This is a view south from Stanley Village over Stanley Pool towards, on the right, the higher ground of Bagnall. Stanley Pool is a reservoir originally built in 1786, and later expanded, to supply water ...
The view west from Edgefield Lane, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking over "Crosswinds" bungalow south west from the higher ground of Stockton Brook. The chimney in the left centre (now demolished) belonged to Stockton Brook water Pumping Station and the waste tip ...
The village water pump, Walton on the Hill
The old village pump at Walton on the Hill. The photograph was taken in 1993 by Philip Husselbee. His mother Laura Husselbee, nee Dutton, remembered playing around it as a child in the early 1900s. ...
The Waterworks, Longton Road, Stone
The waterworks, since demolished, were built in 1890 and supplied the town of Stone. The reservoir was on Red Hill.
This postcard was franked in Burton upon Trent on 5 March 1918 and sent to an address ...
The Weir, Knypersley Pool
The earlier Serpentine reservoir was found to be inadequate to supply enough water to the Caldon canal. Knypersley reservoir was built as a supplement by Hugh Henshall in 1827. Hugh was the brother-in-law ...
The Werrington Hotel, Bucknall
Opened as the Werrington Hotel in 1939, later becoming the Pig and Whistle before being renamed The Werrington, this Ind Coope public house was demolished in the 1990s. To the left is Eaves Lane with ...
Tony Briggs Senior and Johnny Spittle, Huntington
Huntington Water Pumping Station in the background. The Station was demolished in the 1970s, and the site is now (2010) Naden House, sheltered accommodation for elderly people.