EVENTS see all events
03 July 2010 - 04 July 2010
Experience the sights
and sounds of Victorian
engineering in the
heart of the Potteries.
Steamings on the hour.
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04 August 2010 - 01 September 2010
What’s at the bottom of the canal? Create a 3D
underwater view. 50p plus admission.
Etruria Industrial Museum is the last steam-powered potters' mill in Britain. The mill is 'in steam' seven times a year when the 1903 boiler is fired and historic machinery can be seen working. Situated on the canal, the museum also offers a family-friendly interactive exhibition.
OBJECTS see all objects
The Jaw Crusher crushed up softer stone; like cornish stone into smaller stones ready for grinding.
The Wooden pattern was used to make a metal gear when the old ones broke or became worn. The teeth are called ‘cogs’ and the whole wheel itself...
These bones are from a whale, but no one knows why or when they appeared at Etruria. Bone china is made from 50% cattle bone.
This is the Trent and Mersey Canal.It opened the potteries to seaports and passed within metres of Josiah Wedgwood's pottery factory.
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