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Transport

Canals

Canals were a vital method of transport in the late 18th century before the introduction of the railways. The history of the two canals in the Potteries area, the Trent and Mersey and Cauldon canals, is briefly discussed in the overview. Trent ...

Railways

Railways were an important means of transport in the Potteries area throughout much of the nineteenth century. From 1846 onwards the locomotives of the North Staffordshire Railway worked alongside the canal barges to move goods around the area and...