Salt Warehouse, Horninglow Basin, Burton-upon-Trent
A North Staffordshire Railway Company salt warehouse on the Trent and Mersey canal at Horninglow Basin, Burton-upon-Trent. Painted on the walls of the warehouse are advertisements for rock salt, butter ...
Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd., Burton-on-Trent
In the centre is the Clock Tower standing above the Hydraulic Engine-House.
Sand train
A sand train passes Wall Grange in Summer 1988.
This was the last commercial train to use this line. Some special passenger trains have been run from Stoke to Leekbrook, and the line may well open ...
Sand train at Leekbrook Junction
Diesel locomotives 25290 and 25252 at Leekbrook junction.
Sand was carried from Hepworth's sand quarry at Oakamoor to St Helens, Merseyside for Pilkington glass. The last 'sand train' ran down the ...
Sand train at Oakamoor
A Yorkshire diesel shunting engine pulling a 'Sand Train' at Oakamoor sidings. Sand was carried from Moneystone sand quarry via the Churnet Valley line to St Helens, Merseyside for Pilkington glass.
The ...
Sandon Station
A postcard view of Sandon Railway Station looking north from the nearby Stafford Road B5066 bridge. Around the time this picture was taken both railway companies and specialist producers of railway ...
Sandon Station
The railway station at Sandon was built in 1849 for the convenience of guests visiting the Earl of Harrowby at Sandon Hall.
The covered entrance provided protection to the Earl when he alighted from ...
Sandwell Park - Newton Road Station: steel engraving
'Newton Road Station near Birmingham,' [near Sandwell]. Showing a three arched bridge and a train on the track in the distance. 'C. Radclyffe; W. Radclyffe,' [drawn and engraved].
Santa Special Express, Churnet Valley Railway, Cheddleton
The Santa Special Express locomotive hauling its carriages towards the platform at Cheddleton Station on the Churnet Valley Railway.
School visit to Consall Forge
Pupils of Oldfields Secondary Modern School, Uttoxeter, at Consall railway station.
John Hudson, one of the pupils, remembers:
"This Consall station photograph was taken during a field trip to the ...
Sea Lions, Alton Towers
The sea lions were a popular attraction at Alton Towers between 1967 and 1990. Their pool was at the northern end of the Boating Lake but was filled in during 1994.
The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened ...
Sewage Works under Construction, Stafford,
Building of Stafford's sewage works at Lammascote.
This could possibly be the refuse destructor under construction.
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ...
Shelter, Chartley Station,
Chartley Station opened in 1867, and closed in 1939.
This shelter is the only surviving building from the station. During 2001 it was re-erected at a few miles away at Amerton light railway.
Shelton Bar Steelworks
When we were a fully integrated steelworks we stretched from Etruria right up to the Grand Hotel in Hanley – we’d got the plant spread out. The by-products from the iron-making furnaces – what’s known ...
Shelton Iron and Steel Works
The original slag tip at Shelton iron and Steel Works after reduction. In the foreground is the Trent and Mersey Canal.
The Steel Works at Shelton were founded by the Earls Granville around 1830. ...
Shelton Iron and Steel Works
The original slag tip at Shelton iron and Steel Works before reduction. By 1961 one and a quarter million tons of slag had been removed. In the foreground is the Trent and Mersey Canal with the steel ...
Shelton New Road railway bridge and Twyford's factory, Cliff Vale, Stoke-on-Trent
Shelton New Road bridge over the main railway line in Cliff Vale. The bridge was being raised when the line was electrified when the photograph was taken. The camera is looking towards Hanley, with the ...
Shelton Steel Works from Basford Bank, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the view along Etruria Road near the bottom of Basford Bank, looking towards Shelton Steel works. Behind are the spoil tips of the Shelton and Racecourse Collieries. Wedgwood's Etruria Hall ...