Stanley Pool
The dam at the north west end of Stanley Pool. Built in 1786 as an 8 acre (3¼ hectare) reservoir to supply water for the nearby Caldon Canal, the pool was enlarged to 33 acres (13 hectares) in 1840 ...
Steam engines, Mill Meece Pumping Station
Mill Meece Pumping Station was built by Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company between 1912 and 1928 to supplement the water supply to the Potteries. A Hawthorn Davey steam engine is seen to the left. ...
Stockton Brook waterworks and Caldon Canal.
The view west along the Caldon Canal with the Staffordshire Potteries Water Company's Stockton Brook pumping station on the right. A successful trial borehole was drilled in 1882 into the underlying Millstone ...
Stoking the Furnace, Electricity Generating Plant, Stafford,
Workman stoking the furnaces at the electrical wiring and generating plant.
The electricity works opened on Bull Hill in 1895, supplying 36 shops and houses.
Stychfields Hall, Stafford
This photograph of the Stychfields Hall site was taken in 1967. The buildings were completed around 1960 for the English Electric Company at Stafford to provide large scale catering facilities and for ...
Tamworth Waterworks, Hopwas
Tamworth Waterworks and Pumping Station was built at Hopwas in 1879 to supply mains water to Tamworth. Disused since 1962, it was converted into residences in 2005.
The English Electric Co. Ltd., shop floor, Butt Lane, Kidsgrove
Located on the Nelson Industrial Estate the factory opened in 1954 employing about 200 people. The factory worked on such things as advanced radar equipment, early computers and control panels. After ...
The English Electric Co., Stafford
Employees are pictured alongside a generator stator frame which would later form part of a hydro-electric generator for the Waitaki power station built on New Zealand’s South Island during the 1920s to ...
The English Electric Co., Stafford
Standing in the centre of this photograph wearing a hat is thought to be Mr Parkinson, Superintendent and on his right is Mr J Rogers, General Manager of Works. They are pictured with members of the ...
The English Electric Co., Stafford
Apprentices and trainees are pictured posing for the photographer as they take part in this scene for the Stafford Pageant. Many of the apprentices are dressed as devils with one on the front row holding ...
The English Electric Co., Stafford Works Fire Engine
The English Electric Co., Stafford Works, Aster Merryweather, Fire Engine is pictured with the Fire Crew including a Fire-Woman (which was quite unusual at this time). The fire engine was housed in the ...
The Hough, Lichfield Road, Stafford
This group of distinguished looking managers and engineers are pictured on a cold day in the garden with the east front of the Hough in the background. This building later became known as The Old Hough. ...
The murder of Elizabeth Gaskin, Hednesford
Postcard photograph captioned ‘Where the body was found’ with a group of people at the base of a gasometer. Henry Gaskin hid his wife's dismembered head and clothing in the water below the disused gasometer ...
The murder of Elizabeth Gaskin, Hednesford
Postcard photograph with the caption ‘The Chase Murder, Feb 1919. Showing 5ft wall over which the body was taken. Tank is several yards from the wall’.
Henry Gaskin climbed the wall to place his murdered ...
The New Hough, Lichfield Road, Stafford
The New Hough was built in 1907 and was the residence of the Manager with his servants, a groom and a gardener. The architect was Arnold Mitchell of Hanover Square, London. The estimated cost was £1,500.00. ...
The reservoir on Hednesford Hills
View of the construction of the reservoir on Hednesford Hills close to the Museum of Cannock Chase. Work on the site began in Spring 1991.
Training Awards Event , GEC ALSTHOM, St. Leonard's, Stafford
The 1995 Switchgear Training Awards Event held at St Leonards Sports and Social Club, Stafford. Among those in the photograph are: Joanne Humble, Mark Wetton, Andrew Gardner, Derek Pinches, Eric Lander, ...
Training Awards Event at Alstom, St. Leonard's Works, Stafford
Employees from St. Leonard's Works pictured during a Training Awards Event held at St. Leonard's Sports and Social Club, Stafford.
Among those in the photograph are: Pete Simpson (3rd row from front, ...