Description:

The Stoke-on-Trent coat of arms is carved in relief on this electricity subsstation.

The shield has an upper band and a lower section which is quartered. The upper band is charged with two Staffordshire Knots, from the Tunstall arms, and a boar's head, from the Stoke Town Arms (the Arms of the Copeland Family). The lower section is quartered by a Fretty cross, from the Fenton Arms, and charged with; a representation of the Portland Vase, from the Burslem Arms; a kneeling dromedary (camel), from the Hanley Arms (the crest of the Ridgway Family); a spread-eagle, from the Longton Arms (the crest of James Glover); a scythe, from both the Tunstall and Longton Arms. The Egyptian potter at his wheel, representing the pottery industry, and seated atop a knight's helm forms the crest.

Underneath the shield is the motto 'VIS UNITA FORTIOR' [United Strength is Stronger].

The shield is edged with foliate decoration.

Background:

This version Stoke-on-Trent Coat of Arms was granted on 20 March 1912. The six towns of that now make up Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall, where united into a single County Borough in 1910. (Then in 1925 the Borough became the City of Stoke-on-Trent).