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

 

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Subsidence of Wedgwood's Etruria factory

 

previous: photos showing works at canal level

 

The following photo (around the late 1930's) should be compared with the pictures on the previous page - there is now a railing alongside the canal footpath and a slope down to the factory frontage. Compare the 'round house' between this and the previous pictures and it is obvious that the factory is suffering from severe subsidence.

 

 

Wedgwood Works, Etruria

Taken from the bridge on Etruria Road which runs from Hanley to Newcastle-under-Lyme.
The canal is the Trent and Mersey. In the back right of the picture can be seen the
Shelton Iron and Steel works.

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photo of the roundhouse which clearly shows the subsidence which has resulted
in the roundhouse being below the canal level

[in the background is the Shelton Steel Works]

photo: mid 1970's by Ken Cubley

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The 'round house' in 2000 
(which is all that is left of Wedgwood's factory)

The white line on this picture shows the current ground level
 where the round house is.

The yellow line show the canal side level.

look at the pictures of the Wedgwood factory as built 
and you will see that the canal & factory were on
the same level - the ground the factory sat on has
sunk about 8 feet (about 2.5 metres) 

all the mining activity in the area 
was the cause of the subsidence

previous: photos showing works at canal level

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