Landing Stage, Rudyard Lake
A postcard view of visitors and boats at the landing stage near the south end of Rudyard Lake.
Rudyard Lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of ...
Launching a cruiser at Great Haywood
Launching of a small crusier on the Trent and Mersey canal at Great Haywood. In the background is the old bridge which carried the Great Haywood to Tixall road over the canal.
Today, the site of ...
Leek Canal Basin
Narow boat moored at Leek Canal Basin. The white building is the Goods Office, with a warehouse on the right with its derrick crane. In the background is Leek Station down platform with water tower. ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Locomotive, Bagnall's Engineering Works, Stafford
Locomotive type E2323, being shipped whole from Tilbury Docks. This engine was ordered by the Federated Malay States Railways.
W.G. Bagnall Ltd. was established in 1870 in Castle Street. Bagnall's ...
Longton Park Boat House, Rear View. Photographed by William Blake.
Rear view of Longton Park boat house. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George Granville William ...
Longton Park Lake. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Longton Park Lake, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George Granville William Sutherland Levison-Gower, ...
Meaford Lock, Nr. Stone. Photographed by William Blake.
View of a lock and a horse drawn narrow boat on the Trent & Mersey Canal.
This view was taken at Meaford, Nr. Stone, Staffordshire.
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.
Mersey Weaver Wharf, Longport
Two working narrowboats moored abreast at the Mersey Weaver Wharf at Longport. Two men are on the boat in front named 'Ribble', a woman is at the rear of the boat behind. The wharf was used for transporting ...
Multi-view, Rudyard Lake
A multi-view postcard of Rudyard Lake. The top left picture shows visitors on the landing stage at the south end of the lake, top right is of the lake’s dam wall also at the south end of the lake, the ...
Narrow boat and crew, Hednesford
Narrow boat and crew on the Birmingham Canal Navigation, Cannock Extension near Hawks Green. The canal served the nearby collieries, East Cannock and LIttleworth for the transportation of coal.
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 ...
Narrow Boats outside Winkle and Wood Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
Canals are now mostly used for recreation with many people owning or hiring narrow boats for touring holidays. Some people live in canal narrow boats and have permanent moorings at the canal side or in ...
Narrow Boats, Norbury,
At Norbury was the junction of the Newport and the Liverpool and Birmingham sections of the Shropshire Union Canal.
The Newport branch of the canal was little used after 1920 and was closed by by ...