Old Water Conduit, Stafford,
An old water conduit unearthed during roadworks on Lichfield Road.
The lock-up can be seen on the left, used to temporarily detain local drunks and vagrants.
The public house is the White Lion.
Both ...
Open day at Brindley Bank Pump House, 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.
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Opening of Quixhill Waterworks
This shows the official opening ceremony of the new Uttoxeter Waterworks at Quixhill, near Denstone. The works were formally opened by Mr P.G. Brisbourne, retiring chairman of Uttoxeter Urban District ...
Opening of Quixhill Waterworks
A group at the official opening ceremony of the new Uttoxeter Waterworks at Quixhill, near Denstone. The works were formally opened by Mr P.G. Brisbourne, retiring chairman of Uttoxeter Urban District ...
Opening of Quixhill Waterworks
A group at the official opening ceremony of the new Uttoxeter Waterworks at Quixhill, near Denstone. The works were formally opened by Mr P.G. Brisbourne, retiring chairman of Uttoxeter Urban District ...
Opening of Stafford Sewage Works
Opening ceremony of Stafford's sewage works, attended by the Mayor, Alderman Frederick Greatrex, seen on the front row.
The main sewers served most of the Borough and discharged into a reception tank ...
Outdoor Swimming Pool, Trentham Gardens
The heated pool was built in the grounds of Trentham Hall, home of the Dukes of Sutherland. Trentham Hall was abandoned by the family as a permanent residence in 1905. In 1910 the Duke offered the hall ...
Pageant Procession, Gaol Road, Stafford
The parade of decorated floats seen in Gaol Road during the annual Trades and Friendly Societies' Pageant. A prize was awarded to the best decorated entries and along the route collections were made ...
Pipe laying near Normacot Church
The school and church can be seen. The pipes being laid are possibly sewer pipes.
The Holy Evangelists Church was built on the south side of Upper Belgrave Road as a chapel of ease for Blurton Church ...
Post Lane Road, Endon
Looking north along Post Lane from the end of Stanley Bank. Beyond the trees on the left is the Endon Cricket Club ground. The building work on the right is for the electricity substation. The cottages ...
Presbyterian Church, Stafford,
View of the Presbyterian Church from Mount Street.
In 1674 Stafford's first Presbyterian meeting house was built in Chell Road.
In 1901 the building was extended and the tower was added.
The ...
Pumphouse at Kinver Mill, Kinver
Queen Street and the Barley Mow Public House, Stafford,
The Barley Mow public house is on the end of the row of housing, to the right.
The building on the right, in the distance, is the retort house of the gas works on Chell Road.
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, Stafford,
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations lasted three days. Jubilee Day was a public holiday and two oxen, donated by the Meakins of Creswell Hall, were roasted on Market Square. Children sang the National ...
Railway at Pool Dam, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A derelict part of Pool Dam Branch railway, which was opened in 1850. The railway was built as an industrial line to connect the Silverdale mines and ironworks with Pool Dam, originally so that the freight ...
Railway Station, Sandon,
The railway station at Sandon was built in 1849 for the convenience of guests visiting the Earl of Harrowby at Sandon Hall.
The covered entrance provided protection to the Earl when he alighted from ...
Railway Viaduct, Penkridge
This postcard view shows the Seven Arches viaduct looking south from Levedale Road towards Penkridge. In the foreground is the River Penk, on the left is the tower of St. Michael and All Angels' Church ...
Reconstruction of the Old Victoria Road Bridge, Stafford,
The original Victoria Bridge was built on soft ground in the 1860s. It lasted until 1933, when a new bridge, designed by the Borough Surveyor, William Plant.
In this photograph the old bridge is being ...