A view from Hartshill Park, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking north east from the end of Vicarage Road at the entrance to Hartshill Park and Nature Reserve. The middle of the photograph is dominated by the gas holders and buildings of Etruria ...
Barclay's Bank, Armitage
The Armitage branch of Barclays Bank which stood on New Road. It was unusual for a village of Armitage's size to have a bank, but this was probably due to the presence of a large workforce at the nearby ...
Brizlincote Valley housing development, Burton-upon-Trent
The Brizlincote Valley development with Drakelow C power station in the background. A new parish of Brizlincote was created in 2003 in a response to new housing estates boosting the population in this ...
Construction of Rugeley 'A' Power Station
A photograph showing the construction of Rugeley 'A' Power Station and Lea Hall colliery. The chimney and half clad boiler house are the power station and the lower concrete buildings behind the cottage ...
Construction of Rugeley 'B' Power Station
Construction of Rugeley's 'B' 1000MW Power Station began in 1965 and was completed in 1972. The power station closed in June 2016 and was demolished in 2021. It is said typically to have consumed 1.6 ...
Electricity sub-station at Wilnecote, Tamworth
Tamworth 132kV Electricity Sub-Station under construction at Wilnecote. A Charles Creighton crane is lifting pipework . The signs on the transformer read: 'Yorkshire Electric Transformer Co. Ltd. Dewsbury.' ...
Electricity Wiring and Generating Plant, Stafford,
Interior view of the electrical wiring and generation plant which opened on Bull Hill in 1895. Note the Electrical Engineer John Somerville Highfield on the left and manual worker on the right.
Electricity Works, Stafford,
The electricity works on Bull Hill opened in 1895.
The low building to the right of the three-windowed house still exists on the corner of Chell Road. The chimney was demolished in May 1966.
English Electric Co. at Meaford Power Station
A visit by the English Electric Co. Stafford, Engineering Society, to Meaford Generating Station. Pictured in this group is Walter F. Palmer. He is above the 'E' of Electric in the middle row of three, ...
Former Midlands Electricity Board power station, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the former power station that served the Midlands Electricity Board (MEB), the electricity board that provided for the midlands area. The MEB functioned from 1947 to 1990 when it was sold to ...
Former Midlands Electricity Board power station, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the former power station that served the Midlands Electricity Board (MEB), the electricity board that provided for the midlands area. The MEB functioned from 1947 to 1990 when it was sold to ...
Glendale Training Centre, Newcastle-under Lyme
This was the Glendale Regional Training Centre. The company provided in skills such as forklift and lifting training. It was demolished along with the rest of the gasholder and Smithfield Market site ...
Goodwin's Potters Millers on the Caldon Canal, Hanley
George Goodwin & Sons Westwood Mills site on the banks of the Caldon Canal just off Lichfield Street in the Eastwood area of Hanley. The company was founded in 1848 and had mills at Consall and Cheddleton. ...
Hanley power station.
Hanley power station supplied the town with all its power from 1894. After the Federation in 1910 power was also supplied to Newcastle. Much of this load was taken off Hanley power station after construction ...
Last day of generation at Meaford B Power Station
This video is a record of the last day of generation at Meaford B Power Station. The video includes a short film of one of the Meaford locomotives saved for preservation and now preserved at the Foxfield ...
Lea Hall Garage, Rugeley
Photograph shows Lea Hall Garage in the foreground. Rugeley 'B' power station under construction in the distance. The Trent and Mersey canal runs immediately behind the garage.
Photograph taken by ...
Lea Hall Garage, Rugeley
Photograph taken from Thorn Automation office block, showing Lea Hall Garage and showroom in the foreground. Rugeley 'A' Power Station can be seen in the background on the right, with its large 'dry' ...
Leek Road, Hanley
This was the view along Leek Road towards the Joiner's Square roundabout. Palmerston Street is going off to the right. The next road down is Westmill Street.
The chimneys in the centre belonged to ...