tarboat's photos with the keyword: trent and mersey

Tanker narrowboat heading into the locks at Malkins Bank on the Trent and Mersey Canal.

Short narrowboat Elland at the start of the Trent and Mersey Canal at Dutton. This boat was built only 60 feet in length to enable it to use the shorter locks on many of the Yorkshire waterways. It was probably built for the Aire and Calder Navigation Company and it is believed that there were six boats of this type built, with Elland being the sole surviving example. The background has the roof over the canal company's drydock and tanker narrowboat Spey passing.

The Middleport Pottery opened in the 1880s and has continued in production to the present day. In 2009 with the business facing closure it was purchased by the Prince's Regeneration Trust and the buildings underwent restoration and regeneration. The boat is typical of those that carried pottery materials to the works and probably finished ware away for export.

The Middleport Pottery opened in the 1880s and has continued in production to the present day. In 2009 with the business facing closure it was purchased by the Prince's Regeneration Trust and the buildings underwent restoration and regeneration. The boat is typical of those that carried pottery materials to the works and probably finished ware away for export.

Thomas Clayton's Spey out and about on the Trent & Mersey Canal above Malkin's Bank after repairs on the drydock at Middlewich.