Canal cottage on Stanley Road, Stockton Brook
A local stone cottage on the north side of the Caldon Canal on Stanley Road in Stockton Brook. The canal and Top Lock (number 9) is just off the left hand edge of the photograph. External stone steps ...
Canal from Nursery Lane Bridge, Hopwas
A posrcard view looking north towards the Birmingham Road Bridge from Dixons or Nursery Lane Bridge over the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, on the route of the Coventry Canal.
This postcard was published ...
Canal in winter, Drayton Bassett
Looking south along the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal towards the Turret Footbridge, Drayton Bassett. This unusual bridge dates from the late 18th century and is a high iron footbridge reached by stairs ...
Canal Junction, Great Haywood
A postcard view of a quiet scene looking towards the junction of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire and the Trent and Mersey Canals at Great Haywood.
This postcard was published by The Francis Frith ...
Canal Junction, Great Haywood,
View of the canal bridge and wharf from the Trent and Mersey Canal; the bridge marks junction of the canal with the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal.
The building on the far left was a corn mill, ...
Canal lift bridge, Ivy House Road, Hanley
This lift or draw bridge (number 11) carries Ivy House Road over the Caldon Canal. Over the bridge to the left, and alongside the canal, was J & G Meakin's Eagle Pottery. Demolished in 2005, the land ...
Canal Lock and Bridge, Stockton Brook
In the past, when river transport was a popular means of transport, the Caldon Canal was a busy place. The canal served the Churnet Valley and surrounding districts, and one of the main type of traffic ...
Canal Lock, Newport Branch Canal, Oulton
The Newport branch of the Shropshire Union Canal started at Norbury Junction with a flight of seventeen locks.
The Newport branch of the canal was little used after 1920 and closed by Act of Parliament ...
Canal painting styles sign
Hand painted sign depicting different styles of 'roses and castles' for traditional narrow-boat decoration. Painted by Tony Lewery, who has written many books on narrow-boat painting and art.
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Canal Plan for the County of Stafford
This map shows the plans of navigation for a canal near Longbridge near Burslem and to go to Newcastle-under-Lyme, Lichfield, Tamworth and to Wilden in Derbyshire. It was made by James Brindley and revised ...
Canal Railing, by Arthur Berry
Mixed media painting by Arthur Berry (1925-1994). Born Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, Arthur Berry was an artist, poet and playwright. Educated at Biddulph Council School, Burslem College of Art and the ...
Canal scene at Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton
The building on the left is the Union Flour Mill. Situated on the Birmingham Canal Navigations Mainline, the steam-powered mill commenced production in 1813. It was owned by the Wolverhampton Flour ...
Canal Scene, Cheddleton
A view taken from the road bridge over the Caldon Canal at Cheddleton Wharf looking eastwards. In the background are the chimneys of Brittain's paper mill.
A paper mill has stood on the present site ...
Canal scene, Froghall, Kingsley
Photograph taken on the Caldon Canal near Thomas Bolton & Sons Ltd. copper works. There is a working narrow boat moored up on the left.
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor ...
Canal Scene, Kidsgrove
A working narrowboat on the Trent and Mersey Canal leaving the Harecastle Tunnel and heading north at Kidsgrove. The narrowboat belongs to the North Staffordshire Railway Engineers Dept. with the name ...
Canal Scene, Meaford, Stone
A working narrowboat on the Trent and Mersey Canal travelling north towards a bridge near Meaford, Stone.
Canal scene, Willenhall
A photograph of a canal scene taken by Harold Cartwright of Willenhall. It was probably taken somewhere near Willenhall or elsewhere in South Staffordshire.
Canal Strip map, Tamworth
Henry Bradford’s plan of 1758 to make the Tame navigable from Tamworth to Burton by building a series of canals met opposition from landowners. Tamworth was finally linked to the canal network in the ...