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Traction engine at Brindley Pumping Station open day, Rugeley

Brindley Bank Pump House was opened in 1905 and was built by the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company. It contained a horizontal tandem compound pumping engine made by Hathorn Davey of Leeds in 1903. ...

Turning on the water, Eccleshall

Celebrating the switching on of the mains water supply to Eccleshall High Street in 1938.

Unveiling of the Clock, Gaol Square, Stafford,

The Sidney Fountain was erected in 1889 in memory of Thomas Sidney, a local man who became Mayor of London. In 1916 the drinking fountain had its lamp replaced by a four-dial clock, which was presented ...

Uttoxeter Town - Market Place: sepia wash drawing

'The Market Place, Staffordshire.' Showing the stalls, the conduit in the middle of the square, and the buildings on one side of the square. There are many people selling their wares on the stalls.'J. ...

Wall Grange Pumping Station, near Cheddleton

The building to the right of the image is the Staffordshire Potteries Water Works Company's Wall Grange Pumping Station, built in 1849 was the first one locally to have provided water to Stoke on Trent. ...

Water Main and Canal Bridge, Tixall,

Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.

Water Pumping Station, Huntington

Designed by Henry Naden and built in about 1876-9. The station was built and used by the South Staffordshire Water Company. Below the building was an 18 feet in diameter red brick-lined well, from ...

Water reclamation works, Uttoxeter

Construction of a sewage filter bed at the water reclamation works, close to the A50.

Waterworks engine house, Milford

The waterworks pumping station was built at Milford in 1890. The reservoirs situated on the top of the Satnall Hills supplied water to Stafford and its surrounding districts. Photographer: Benjamin ...

Waterworks Interior, Milford

The waterworks pumping station was built at Milford in 1890. The reservoirs situated on the top of the Satnall Hills supplied water to Stafford and its surrounding districts. Photographer: Benjamin ...

Waterworks, Longton Road, Stone

The waterworks, since demolished, were built in 1890 and supplied the whole town. The reservoir was on Red Hill.

Waterworks, Stone,

The waterworks were built in 1890 and supplied the whole town. The reservoir was on Red Hill. The buildings have now been demolished.

Weir pump, Mill Meece Pumping Station

A weir pump is used to force water into a boiler at high pressure. Mill Meece Pumping Station was built by Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company in 1912 to supplement the water supply to the Potteries. ...

Well Dressing, Rushton

Saint Helen's Well, near the vicarage house at Rushton Marsh, was dressed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The tradition was resumed in the 1990s. The ceremony of well dressing is peculiar ...

Wind pump, Newlands Farm, Colton

The opening of a windmill powered water pump at Newlands Farm, between Colton and Abbots Bromley.

Windpump, Needwood

The vane for this windpump reads 'T.S. Coleman and Son, Artesian Well Engineers'. The exposed open fields on the relatively high land of Needwood Forest made windpowered water-drawing very effective. ...

Wolstanton Colliery from Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent

This photograph was taken looking south down the Fowlea Brook valley. Ricardo Street is no more, mostly lying under Middleport Park. The two winding gear towers are clearly visible and running across ...

Workers near Churchbridge, Cannock

Working party laying drain or sewage pipes at the roadside. William Henry Briggs is standing at the rear with a hammer in his hand.