Railway Viaduct, Bolebridge, Tamworth
Bolebridge Railway viaduct was built to carry the Birmingham to Derby Railway and is known locally as the Nineteen Arches. It was officially opened on 4th August 1839 by George Stephenson driving his ...
Railway Viaduct, Penkridge
This postcard view shows the Seven Arches viaduct looking west from the A449 Wolverhampton Road at the old Junction with Levedale Road near Penkridge. In later years this junction was changed. On the ...
Railway Viaduct, Penkridge
This viaduct was opened in 1837 and carries the Grand Junction Railway over the River Penk. It cost £6,000 and the contractor was Thomas Brassey. Each of the seven arches has a 30 foot span and is 37 ...
Railway Viaduct, Penkridge
This postcard view shows the Seven Arches viaduct looking west from the A449 Wolverhampton Road at the old junction with Levedale Road near Penkridge. In later years this junction was changed. In the ...
Railway Viaduct, Penkridge
This postcard view shows a locomotive and rolling stock on the Seven Arches viaduct on the approach to Penkridge Station.
The Seven Arches viaduct over the River Penk, near Penkridge, was built by ...
Railway Viaduct, Penkridge
This postcard view shows the Seven Arches viaduct looking south from Levedale Road towards Penkridge. In the foreground is the River Penk, on the left is the tower of St. Michael and All Angels' Church ...
Railway Viaduct, Penkridge
This postcard view shows ‘The Seven Arches’ viaduct over the River Penk, near Penkridge. It was built by the Grand Junction Railway and opened in 1837. In later years the line became known as the Birmingham ...
Railway Viaduct, Penkridge
This viaduct was opened in 1837 and carries the Grand Junction Railway over the River Penk. It cost £6,000 and the contractor was Thomas Brassey. Each of the seven arches has a 30 foot span and is 37 ...
Railway worker at Oakamoor
Mrs Rita Ecclestone, Clerk and Porter at Oakamoor Station in the 1950s.
Rita is standing on the tracks and the view is looking towards the tunnel mouth. However, today you will be looking down a country ...
Railway Workers, Burton upon Trent
A group of railway men photographed outside the Golden Ball public house, Canal Street, Burton upon Trent.
Redhill Bank Brickworks and Railway Station, Rocester
The land was later taken over by JCB, who built a large factory on the site.
Remains of the Uttoxeter Canal, Denstone
A view of the defunct Uttoxeter Canal just north of Denstone. The Churnet Valley Railway line is seen on the right. The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from ...
Remains of the Uttoxeter Canal, Denstone
view of the defunct Uttoxeter Canal just north of Denstone. The Churnet Valley Railway line is seen on the left. The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from Froghall ...
Retirement presentation at Rugeley Trent Valley Station
Mr W. Allsopp (Chief Clerk) presents the retiring Station Master, Mr. J.S.T. Smith with a cheque from his staff, watched by Mr A. Bridges, the incoming Station Master.
A Rugeley Times photograph (courtesy ...
Retirement presentation at Rugeley Trent Valley Station
A photograph taken on the retirement of J.S.T. Smith as Station Master at Rugeley Trent Valley railway station.
Back row (left to right): Ted Slyn, Walter Norman, unknown, Mr. A. Bridges (the new ...
Rhyl express at Leek station
At Leek station on 15 June 1957, an unidentified 'Crab' 2-6-0 Mogul works its way to the front of the train, ready to take a trainful of passengers to the coast at Rhyl.
The locomotive probably owes ...
River Trent, Trentham Gardens
A view of the River Trent passing through Trentham Gardens, looking south.
The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early ...
Robert Hyde & Co, City Road, Stoke upon Trent
The sign over the entrance yard reads "Robert Hyde & Son Ltd. North Stafford Steel Foundry", a company founded in 1910. The City Road foundry was originally the North Staffordshire Railway Locomotive, ...