St. John's Church, Armitage
St. John's Church, Armitage, viewed from the Trent and Mersey Canal. With the exception of the tower, which dates from 1632, the church was rebuilt in 1844-47 in a Norman style, to the designs of Henry ...
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, Great Haywood
The figure on the right is standing on the towpath of the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal aqueduct over the River Trent, just before the junction with the Trent & Mersey Canal beyond the bridge.
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Steam freight train at Newcastle Junction, Cliffe Vale, Stoke on Trent
Steam locomotive 44682 pulling mixed freight on the North Staffs Railway. The track on the left of the signal box is the branch line to Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Trent and Mersey canal is on the right, ...
Stenson Lockhouse and Lock, Derbyshire
Lock no.6 on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Stenson in Derbyshire. The lock house, built in about 1810, was renovated in 2002 is now (2016) a popular coffee house and restaurant.
Stoke Bottom Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal, Shelton, Stoke upon Trent
This photograph shows the view north along the Trent & Mersey Canal from Stoke Bottom Lock (Lock 36) towards Etruria with its gas holder. Lock 36 is close to Stoke Road bridge over the A500 (Queensway) ...
Stoke Wharf. Circa 1966. Photographed by Alan Self
The old wharf buildings on the Trent and Mersey canal await demolition in the mid 1960’s.
The land was earmarked for the A500 D-road to cut a swathe through the centre of Stoke.
Many buildings ...
Stubbs & Co warehouse, Stone
A view of warehouses by the Trent and Mersey Canal in Stone, near Stafford Street. Stubbs & Co. were corn merchants and millers with offices in Granville Square.
This site has since been developed ...
Summit Lock bridge on Trent & Mersey Canal, Etruria, Stoke-on-trent
This photograph shows the removal or renovation of the bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal at the Summit Lock (also known as Stoke Top Lock) at the junction with the Caldon Canal. Immediately behind ...
Talke - Hare-castle: engraving
'The Canal and Barges going thro' the Great Hill call'd Hare-castle, Staffordshire.' Showing the entrance and exit through a high tree-covered mound.Anonymous.'Pub. 25 Augt., 1785, by S. Hooper.'
Talke - Hare-castle: water colour painting
Showing a canal with barges entering into, and exiting from, a large hill called Hare-castle. [See SV X.68c, for engraved copy.]Anonymous, [in the style of D. Parkes.]
The Intended Commercial Canal - Minutes of a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter. From the Enoch Wood scrapbook
An ambitious new project has begun in Staffordshire - outlined at a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter.
A transport revolution
A proposed new canal promises to transform the transport ...
The Mill and Canal Wharf, Great Haywood,
View of the mill and canal wharf from the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal; the bridge marks junction of the canal with the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal.
Far left is the corn mill, powered ...
The Mill, Great Haywood
View of the mill and canal wharf from the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal at the junction of the canal with the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal. The Wharfinger's house is on the right.
Far ...
The Proposed Commercial Canal - Minutes of a Meeting
The management of a proposed new Commercial Canal has held a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley, to discuss the findings of Mr. Whitworth, who has been surveying the route planned for the new canal.
The ...
The Proposed Commercial Canal - Minutes of a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley
The management of the proposed new Commercial Canal has held a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley, to discuss the findings of Mr. Whitworth, who has been surveying the route planned for the new canal.
The ...
The Proposed Commercial Canal - Pamphlet
The management of a proposed new Commercial Canal has held a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley, to discuss the findings of Mr. Whitworth, who has been surveying the route planned for the new canal.
The ...
The southern entrances to Harecastle Canal Tunnels, Tunstall
The Trent & Mersey Canal passes through the higher ground between Tunstall and Kidsgrove using the Harecastle Tunnel. The photograph shows the two tunnels bored to take the canal. On then left is the ...
The Trent & Mersey Canal from north of Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north along the Trent & Mersey Canal from the footbridge just north of Westport Lake. The building and chimney in the centre is the old blowing engine house at Ravensdale.
Opened in 1777, ...