Kinver Lock
Kinver Lock is on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772.
Kinver Light Railway, The Hyde, Kinver
Kinver Light Railway opened on 5th April 1901 and ran between Mill Lane, Kinver and the Fish Inn, Amblecote.
The railway began to decline after World War One and the line closed in 1930, after the ...
Kinver Lock viewed from the northern side
Launching a cruiser at Great Haywood
Launching of a small crusier on the Trent and Mersey canal at Great Haywood. In the background is the old bridge which carried the Great Haywood to Tixall road over the canal.
Today, the site of ...
Leek Canal Basin
Narow boat moored at Leek Canal Basin. The white building is the Goods Office, with a warehouse on the right with its derrick crane. In the background is Leek Station down platform with water tower. ...
Leek Canal Tunnel
The north portal of Leek Canal Tunnel, a 130 yard tunnel on the Caldon to Leek branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal. The tunnel was restored in 1984.
Image copyright K.B. Oliver. The Oliver Collection ...
Leek New Road, Milton, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north east towards Baddeley Green from the Leek New Road (A53) bridge over the Caldon Canal near Milton. The area to the immediate left of the road is the old shraff (waste) tip belonging to Buller's ...
Lift bridge on Caldon Canal near Long Butts Farm, Stoke-on-Trent
The lift bridge (bridge number 23) on the Caldon Canal close to Long Butts Farm on Ball Lane, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent. Sometimes called a drawbridge, this lift bridge is hand operated using a windlass ...
Lift bridge over the Caldon Canal at Heakley Green, Norton Green
The Norton Green lift bridge (bridge No 21) carries the path leading to Cockshead Cottages over the Caldon Canal west of Baddeley Green. Just beyond the bridge was the start of the arm of the canal that ...
Lime Kiln, Sandon Lock
The lime kiln by the Trent and Mersey Canal at Sandon Lock. Dating from the 18th century, it was used to burn lime for agricultural use. It has since been excavated and an archaeological survey carried ...
Lime Kilns and Canal Wharf, Froghall
Photograph taken from the Foxt Road looking toward the working lime kilns on the lower basin on the Caldon Canal at Froghall. To the right Brunner Mond boats are being loaded in the top lock of the Uttoxeter ...
Lime kilns, Froghall Wharf
Workmen extracting quicklime from the base of Froghall Lime Kilns and loading it onto narrowboats on the Caldon Canal at Froghall Wharf.
Limestone tippler at Endon
A North Staffordshire Railway truck carrying limestone is in position ready for tipping into a narrowboat. The railway brought limestone here from Cauldon Low quarries. The tippler was built in 1918-1919 ...
Line of track and old canal, Water Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the line of the old railway and canal, with the buildings of the railway goods yard on the left. The road on the right hand side is Water Street and the tall building is the Police ...
Loaded Narrowboat at Froghall Wharf
A working narrow boat loaded with limestone is seen being pulled along the canal by an unseen horse and driver. The Caldon Canal opened in 1779 and links Froghall to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, ...
Loading a narrowboat, Froghall Wharf
Loading a narrowboat with limestone at Froghall Wharf on the Caldon Canal..
The Caldon Canal opened in 1779 and links Froghall to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent. The canal also ...
Loading limestone at Froghall
Workmen loading limestone onto a boat on the Caldon Canal at Froghall, with the lime kilns smoking in the background. The boat, 'Edgar' belongs to Brunner, Mond & Co. Ltd. of Winnington and Sandbach, ...
Loading limestone at Froghall Wharf
Labourers loading limestone onto narrowboats on the Caldon Canal at Froghall Wharf.
The Caldon Canal carried coal, ironstone and limestone. The limestone industry was well established in the Churnet ...