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. ...
View from Joule's brewery, Stone
The view from the top of Joule's brewery, looking south east towards the River Trent. On the left is the Gas Works, close to the Star Inn on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Beyond can be seen the arches ...
View of Barlaston and Meaford Power Station,
View of Meaford power station from Trentham Park.
This is an artist's impression of what the power station would look like prior to its construction; the station came into operation in 1947. The majority ...
Village well, Checkley
The village well Checkley which once stood at the back of 6, Church Lane. A watercolour painting by Alfred Hurst.
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 ...
West view of Mosty Lea Mill, near Stone
Mosty Lea Mill was probably in existence by 1716, when Stephen Townsend, a Stafford dyer, purchased the site for use as a fulling mill.
In 1756, John and Ralph Baddeley acquired it and rebuilt parts ...
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 ...