Godley Lane, Dilhorne
A view taken from outside Dilhorne School, looking northwards along Godley Lane. These buildings have since been demolished and new housing built in 2009 now stands here. Foxfield Colliery can be seen ...
Granflex Co Ltd works, Brick Kiln Lane, Stoke-on-Trent
A view north up the Fowlea Brook valley from Brick Kiln Lane area. In the foreground is the Granflex Roofing Co site. The company has been in Brick Kiln Lane since its foundation in 1949. In the far distance ...
Gravel pits, Star and Garter Road, Lightwood
The bonfire stack in the distance had been erected to celebrate the Coronation of King Edward VII.
Gravel workings at Huntley, near Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a gravel covered area and a worker, at Huntley, near Cheadle.
Great Beauty and Great Riches - A pamphlet concerning the proposed Grand Commercial Canal, from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
A frustrating meeting has taken place at the Star and White Hart Inn, Uttoxeter.
Supporters of a scheme to build a new canal in Staffordshire have grown weary of attempts to discredit their project ...
Greenway Hall Road, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north west from Greenway Hall Road over Norton Green towards the waste tip at Chatterley Whitfield. In the bottom right hand corner are the buildings of Greenways Primary School and in the left ...
Ground Hollow quarries, Hollington
Ground Hollow quarries at Hollington, Staffordshire. Note the gantries of steam powered cranes and the new terrace of housing in the left half of this view.
John Stevenson (1844-1916) was responsible ...
Ground Hollow Quarry, Hollington
Ground Hollow Quarry at Hollington, Staffordshire. A steam powered crane is lifting a large block of sandstone.
John Stevenson (1844-1916) was responsible for re-opening Hollington Quarry after a long ...
Group of miners leaving Littleton Colliery
These photographs were taken on the last shift at Littleton Colliery in December 1993.
Three miners can be seen here walking through Littleton Colliery Pithead Baths. On the far right is Alan Key, ...
Grouting a colliery shaft, Stoke-on-Trent
Grouting of an old colliery shaft. We haven’t been able to identify the exact location but the slag heap in the distance may belong to Sneyd Colliery or Chatterley Whitfield Colliery.
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Gypsum Mine horses, Fauld
Horses used by Peter Ford & Co. at their Gypsum Mine at Fauld, near Tutbury.
Mining at Fauld began in the 19th century. By the 1890s there were two companies mining at Fauld: Peter Ford & Co. and ...
Gypsum Mine, Fauld
Placing explosive charges in a seam of gypsum.
Mining at Fauld began in the 19th century. By the 1890s there were two companies mining at Fauld: Peter Ford & Co. and J.C. Staton & Co.
John Clark ...
Gypsum Mine, Fauld
Removing gypsum from the rock face. The bed of gypsum mined at Fauld is up to 3.5m thick and is 60 to 100m below ground. The mine workings reach as far south as Rangemore and Tatenhill.
Mining at ...
Gypsum Mine, Fauld
The entrance to Staton's Gypsum Mine at Fauld, near Tutbury. A locomotive is seen hauling large blocks of gypsum (calcium sulphate).
Mining at Fauld began in the 19th century. By the 1890s there ...
Gypsum Mine, Fauld
The entrance to Staton's Gypsum Mine at Fauld, near Tutbury. Mining at Fauld began in the 19th century. By the 1890s there were two companies mining at Fauld: Peter Ford & Co. and J.C. Staton & Co. ...
Gypsum Mine, Fauld
Gypsum ready for removal following blasting. Around 196 tonnes of rock and a 3.8m advance have resulted from this blasting.
The entrance to Staton's Gypsum Mine at Fauld, near Tutbury. A locomotive ...
Gypsum Works Buildings, Stowe-by-Chartley,
Gypsum is a source of plaster of Paris and was mined at the Normanwood Gypsum Mine at Hixon. The shaft was near Stowe. Gypsum was sent from Normanwood to London to make castings, particularly for dentists. ...
Haden Hill No 1 Colliery, Rowley Regis
Coal miners, ponies and carts and winding gear at Haden Hill No.1 Colliery, Rowley Regis, West Midlands.