The Geography of the Potteries (Stoke-on-Trent)

 

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Subsidence of Wedgwood's Etruria factory

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The following two pictures clearly show that the works were level with the canal - ware was carried and craned from the factory into the barges to be transported to Liverpool and Hull for export.

Take particular note of the position of the 'round house'

 

Water colour painting of Etruria Works

 

The Etruria Works on the Trent & Mersey canal
photo taken in 1898 by one of the employees 

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