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Johnson Brothers (Hanley) Limited Sanitary Works, Erected 1896 - Trent Works
One of three Johnson Brothers works built alongside the Caldon Canal
built in 1896 and demolished in 2004/5
now a being developed as a housing estate between Leek Road and the Caldon Canal 

 

 

 

 

Johnson Brothers ( Hanley) Limited Sanitary Works, Erected 1896 
known as the Trent Works
photo: 2005 

 

 

 

Johnson Brothers - Trent Bathrooms
this view is on Eastwood Road

 

 

Johnson Brothers - entrance to the Trent Works

photos: 1990 - Ken and Joan Davis

 

 

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June 2004 - Demolishing the Johnson Brothers Pottery works

Demolishing the famous Johnson Brothers pottery factories in June 2004. 
The photo is taken from Derby Street looking down Eastwood Road.

In the distance is Berry Hill fields.

The buildings being demolished in the foreground is Hanley Pottery and those to the left are the Trent Works.

 

 

 

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the main offices of the Johnson Brothers Trent Works
this view is is from the Caldon Canal - looking towards Eastwood Road
photo: Jan 2008 - the offices have been retained to be incorporated in the housing delveopment
which can be seen started in the background

 

 

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Trent Works from Leek Road -  Sept 1999
car park at the front and works behind 
note the rows of toilets - packed on pallets and ready for despatch

 

 

 

same view on Leek Road - October 2009 

ten years later the works have been demolished and replaced by housing 

 

 

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two remaining kilns of the Trent Works alongside the Caldon Canal

this photo taken Oct 2010 shows the remaining kilns which are retained as they are listed
in the forground is the Albion Bridge on the Eastwood Road
to the left, just beind the kilns, can be seen the housing which 
replaces the Johnson Brothers Hanley Pottery Works

 

 

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 remaining kilns with the housing development in the background - May 2010

photo taken from the Caldon Canal
to the left are the houses fronting Leek Road
to the right are the houses currently being built behind the retained offices on Eastwood Road 

   

an 1898 OS map which shows the three Johnson Brothers factories alongside Eastwood Road the Cauldon canal is shown in light blue blue: - the Imperial Works green: the Hanley Works red: the Trent Works       Eastwood area of Hanley, alongside the Caldon Canal which runs through the pottery works        the Caldon canal is shown by the light blue lines  dark blue = Elijah Cotton's Nelson Works Purple - Johnson's Hanley Pottery green - Johnson's Imperial Pottery red - Johnson's Trent Pottery

 

contents: 2010 photos