The Canal and Wood Bridge, Hopwas
Hopwas Wood Bridge on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, near Hopwas. Just out of frame on the right of the bridge are the remains of a World War II pillbox: a reinforced concrete fortification with ...
The Canal at Tettenhall
A view from the tow path of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal at Tettenhall Green, near Wolverhampton, looking north east. A horse is on the tow path pulling a loaded canal boat away from camera. ...
The Canal at Tettenhall
A canal bridge crossing the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton. This is probably Dunstall Water Bridge, a combined footbridge and aqueduct built around 1770 which ...
The Canal, Stoke-on-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of Stoke Clay Wharf.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
The Canal, Stoke-on-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of Stoke Clay Wharf.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
The Feeder, Dane Valley
The Feeder is an artificial waterway linking the River Dane to Rudyard Lake.
The Intended Commercial Canal - Minutes of a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter. From the Enoch Wood scrapbook
An ambitious new project has begun in Staffordshire - outlined at a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter.
A transport revolution
A proposed new canal promises to transform the transport ...
The Junction House, Lichfield Street, Fazeley
The Junction House on Lichfield Street, Fazeley which stands at the junction of the Coventry Canal and Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.
The Mill and Canal Wharf, Great Haywood,
View of the mill and canal wharf from the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal; the bridge marks junction of the canal with the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal.
Far left is the corn mill, powered ...
The Mill, Great Haywood
View of the mill and canal wharf from the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal at the junction of the canal with the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal. The Wharfinger's house is on the right.
Far ...
The Proposed Commercial Canal - Minutes of a Meeting
The management of a proposed new Commercial Canal has held a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley, to discuss the findings of Mr. Whitworth, who has been surveying the route planned for the new canal.
The ...
The Proposed Commercial Canal - Minutes of a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley
The management of the proposed new Commercial Canal has held a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley, to discuss the findings of Mr. Whitworth, who has been surveying the route planned for the new canal.
The ...
The Proposed Commercial Canal - Pamphlet
The management of a proposed new Commercial Canal has held a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley, to discuss the findings of Mr. Whitworth, who has been surveying the route planned for the new canal.
The ...
The railway at Stockton Brook
The view east along the Stoke to Leek branch railway line close to Stockton Brook station. The bridge in the centre carries the A53 (Leek New Road) over the railway whilst the bridge in the foreground ...
The southern entrances to Harecastle Canal Tunnels, Tunstall
The Trent & Mersey Canal passes through the higher ground between Tunstall and Kidsgrove using the Harecastle Tunnel. The photograph shows the two tunnels bored to take the canal. On then left is the ...
The Trent & Mersey Canal from north of Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north along the Trent & Mersey Canal from the footbridge just north of Westport Lake. The building and chimney in the centre is the old blowing engine house at Ravensdale.
Opened in 1777, ...
The Trent & Mersey Canal from the air, Stone
An aerial view of the canal basin and boatyard on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Stone. At the top (north-east) of the picture can be seen part of Joules' Brewery. At the bottom (south-west) can be seen ...
The Trent & Mersey Canal, Little Haywood
The canal boats to the left all belong to William Sproston who was a farmer and coal merchant living at Navigation Inn (now Navigation Farm) on Meadow Lane in Little Haywood. In the centre is a signal ...