View of The Churnet Valley Railway, Uttoxeter
A photograph taken from the Uttoxeter Bypass bridge looking north towards Spath. The fields in the foreground left are now occupied by a scrap yard.
Village store and coffee house, Oakamoor
During the 1890s, this building doubled as both a village store and coffee house, serving the village of Oakamoor.
It must have been quite a novelty for such a small village to have a coffee house; ...
W.G. Bagnall Ltd., Engineering Works, Stafford
This view shows part of the Erecting Shops at W.G. Bagnall Ltd., which was established in 1870 in Castle Street, Stafford. Bagnall's first locomotive was produced in 1875, the company going on to produce ...
W.S. Leach, Wife & Dog at Knutton
Outdoor portrait of a man, a woman and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier taken at Knutton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Chimney stacks, railway signals and a church can be seen in the background.
The ...
Wagon Maintenance, Stubbs and Co. Salt Works, Stafford,
Railway wagon in for repair at the workshop, Stubbs Saltworks.
Brine deposits were discovered under Stafford Common in 1877, during a search for water supplies for the town. In 1893 the Stafford Salt ...
Wagon of Oxford's Puddings, Burton-upon-Trent
An LMS Railway horse-drawn flat-bed wagon loaded with Oxford's Puddings destined for Springfield, Massachusetts, USA for Thanksgiving Day. Their destination was Bertha Studios who traded greetings cards ...
Wakes Sports, Gnosall
A postcard photograph taken at Gnosall Wakes in 1906. Sports and entertainments took place in a field by Gnosall railway station: the station buildings can be seen on the embankment in the background.
Standing ...
Walker Brothers Oil Tanker, Leek
Walker Brothers Oil Tanker on a railway siding Leek Brook Junction.
In 1928 Walker Brothers Oil became William Walker and Sons (Hanley) Limited and until the end of the Second World War the company ...
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. ...
Wall Grange Railway Station, near Cheddleton
Wall Grange Station was opened in 1873. The line was originally constructed as single track throughout from Milton Junction (where the line diverged from the Biddulph Valley line) to Leek Brook Junction. ...
Wall Grange Railway Station, near Cheddleton
Wall Grange Station was opened in 1873. The line was originally constructed as single track throughout from Milton Junction (where the line diverged from the Biddulph Valley line) to Leek Brook Junction. ...
Wall Grange Station, near Cheddleton
Wall Grange Station was opened in 1873. The line was originally constructed as single track throughout from Milton Junction (where the line diverged from the Biddulph Valley line) to Leek Brook Junction. ...
Wall Grange Station, near Cheddleton
A view of the North Staffordshire Railway's (NSR) Wall Grange railway station, near Cheddleton. This photograph was taken before the track was doubled and a second platform built in 1910. The Caldon Canal ...
Wall Grange Station, near Cheddleton
Wall Grange Station was opened in 1873. The line was originally constructed as single track throughout from Milton Junction (where the line diverged from the Biddulph Valley line) to Leek Brook Junction. ...
Wall Grange Station, near Cheddleton
Wall Grange Station was opened in 1873. The line was originally constructed as single track throughout from Milton Junction (where the line diverged from the Biddulph Valley line) to Leek Brook Junction. ...
Wall Grange Station, near Cheddleton
A view of the North Staffordshire Railway's Wall Grange railway station, near Cheddleton. Originally only a single track with one platform, this photograph was taken after the track was doubled and a ...
Water troughs
A Colwyn Bay to Walsall express train passes over the water troughs at Whitmore in the Autumn of 1933.
Many steam engines were fitting with scoops on their tenders, allowing them to replenish their ...
Waterfall, Rudyard Lake
A postcard view taken near to the dam wall at the south end of Rudyard Lake. Rudyard Lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal. ...