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Inside Victoria Mill, Stanley Moss Lane, Stanley
Victoria Mill belonged to Harrison & Son, manufacturers of ceramic colours and glazes. A Harrison's 1893 advertisement claimed they were "the largest glaze and colour makers in the world". Ingredients ...
Inspecting and Packing Ware.
Pottery factory interior with a view of an inspection and packing department.
The very best quality would be firsts, less good quality seconds, thirds and lump would be sold by weight to market traders.
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Inspecting Plates.
Pottery factory interior showing a man inspecting plates.
He is looking for imperfections left on the ware from the firing process.
Taken at Shelly's pottery factory, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.
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Interior courtyard at Victoria Pottery, Fenton
The Victoria Pottery was just south of King Street. In this photograph, The circular structure on the left is thought to be the base of an oven started in 1806 by the Mason family (of Ma son's Patent ...
Interior of Alders Paper Mill, Lichfield Road, Tamworth
Alders Paper Mill was founded by Quakers and was in production for about 200 years under various names. The Mill was demolished in about 2000 and housing built on the site.
Pictured are steam operated ...
Interior of Burman's Cooperage, Dallow Street, Burton-upon-Trent.
The original firm was called J. Burman & Son, Hawkins Lane, Burton-On-Trent. It was a cask repair firm only. In 1939 they took over J. Grout & Co., Dallow Street Cooperage, which was a firm somewhat run ...
Interior of lamp room, Lea Hall Colliery
Behind the lamps rows of switch gear can be seen in the background.
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk to a depth ...
Interior of Rowland's Bakery, Stafford
Rowland's were a well-known family firm in Stafford, owning a bakery and grocer's shops on Gaol Road and Crabbery Street. At the rear of their premises was a yard where they kept delivery vehicles.
Rowland's ...
Interior of the Upcast pit-top, Lea Hall Colliery, Rugeley
The upcast shaft is used for return ventilation as well as for lifting two sets of cages. On the right is the mine-car tipper.
This was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. ...
Interior View of the Ale Stores, Joule's Brewery, Stone,
Casks of beer in the New Ale Store, Newcastle Street. The stores were built in 1881.
Francis Joule came into possession of the White House Inn and brewhouse at Stone in 1758. Nine years later he ...
Interior view of the Steam Cooperage, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Intermittent downdraught tile kilns at Wheatley's Springfield Tileries, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of Wheatley's Springfield Tileries in Stoke-on-Trent. Tile factories existed throughout Stoke-on-Trent in the 19th and 20th centuries and formed an important local industry.
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Ipstones Bank and Bolton's Copper Works, Froghall, Kingsley
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion at Oakamoor so they began building at Froghall. Major extensions followed in the 1930s, ...
Iron Foundry, Dorman and Co. Ltd., Stafford,
Founded by William Henry Dorman in 1870 on Foregate Street, Dorman's began by manufacturing cutting tools for the footwear industry, but soon began to produce more specialised machinery such as printing, ...
Ironing Room, Stafford Laundry
Stafford Laundry was founded in 1899 on North Street (now Stone Road).
The machines on the left were used to polish men's collars, while on the right gas irons are being used for pressing.
The laundry ...
It's A Pretty Thing - Stoke-on-Trent! Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial landscape taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This image, with its damning caption, is one of many where Blake is critical of the conditions created in the city by the pottery industry.
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Ivy Mill, Longton Road, Stone
Ivy Mill, also known as Oulton or Oil Mill, was one of many mills powered by the Scotch Brook in the Moddershall Valley. Built 1740, at different points in its history it was used to grind linseed, bone ...
J & G Meakin's Eagle Pottery, Hanley
This is the Cresswell Road side of J & G Meakin's Eagle Pottery works in Hanley. J & G Meakins was founded in 1851, originally in Hanley. They moved to the Eagle Pottery in 1959, a brand new works built ...