Josiah Wedgwood's Etruria Pottery Works during demolition, viewed across the Trent and Mersey Canal

Date:: 1965 - 1968

Location:: Etruria Pottery Works, Etruria Road, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent

Reference:: DES01/04/0101

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

Josiah Wedgwood opened his Etruria Works beside the Trent and Mersey Canal in 1769. A new factory was constructed at Barlaston in 1938 and production was gradually shifted away from Etruria.

Content

This is part of the Series: DES01/04 Eileen Deste: The Potteries; within the Collection: DES01 Eileen Deste Collection

Rights

People & Organisations

Photographer: Deste, Eileen

Keywords

Georgian Pottery Works, Georgian Canal, Derelict Or Ruin, Demolition