Bedford Street Bridge,  Pottery Works and Gas Works 

view of the Bedford staircase locks in 1981
on the left is the rear of Rigway's Beford Pottery Works - on the right is Bedford Street Bridge

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the route of the Caldon Canal from Etruria to Froghall

Bedford Street Bridge on the Caldon Canal
to the right is the Enterprise Centre on the site of the Bedford Pottery Works

Google Maps

Ridgway's Bedford Works - 1898 map

the large Bedford works is shown on the bank of the Caldon Canal 
to the left of the canal was the gas works of the British Gas and Light Company

Bedford Street Bridge on the Caldon Canal - the barge has just passed under the bridge
to the right is the location of the former Ridgway Bedford pottery works

Bing Maps - 2011

Ridgway's Bedford Works - 1958
photo: © Donald Morris - 'The Potteries - a photographic record' 

Four of the eight enormous botle kilns of the Bedford Works, on the Caldon Canal, Shelton.
The huge height can be estimated by the size of the doors giving access to the kiln inside. 

"..a fantastic collection of narrow-necked jars or bottles peeping above the house-tops on every side, 
looking as if giant biblical characters, after a search for oil or wine, had popped them there, among the dwarf streets"

the view from No. 2 bridge - Bedford Street 
on the left is the remains of the wall of the Bedford Pottery Works - on the right is Davis Street, Etruria

No. 2 bridge - Bedford Street 

T. Shore & Sons, Engineers, Hanley

T. Shore & Sons the manufacturers of the cast iron wall plates on the bridge

Lower Bedford Street - to the left the road to the flint mill - to the right is Bedford Street Bridge
behind the wall was the Etruria Industrial Museum Car Park - this is the site of the former gas works

1898 map to the left and Google map to the right - the location of the gas holder can clearly be seen

 the location of the gas holder - whch was used at one time as a car park for the museum
in the background is Jesse Shirley mill

the remains of the wall which surrounded the gas holder

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