The Lost Stoke-on-Trent Tunnel

A short trip north on the Trent & Mersey Canal from Incinerator Bridge No 109 to the Caldon Canal at Etruria Junction. In 2004/2005 the 1960's Stoke ring road was being rebuilt but unfortunately the canal was in the way. The solution? Simple, move the canal through a temporary tunnel resembling (as our older viewers will appreciate) an elongated, WW2 Anderson Shelter. Once the road works were finished they restored the canal to its original course and buried the tunnel. One wonders what future archeologists will make of this.
Interestingly, it is believed that this video contains the use of the word "Interesting" more times than any other video ever made.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• stoke
• caldon
• etruria
• trent
• mersey
• canal
• waterway
• tunnel
• lock
• narrowboat
• junction
• staffordshire

[tekkers]

hahha INTERESTING!

abit weird hearing an american accent commenting on stoke and all places i've wondered about as a kid.. the rivera of the midlands indeed! :)

[PIGandPINEAPPLE]

Yes, we have a "mixed marriage." Both of us are orginally from York, but one has a "New" in front of it whilst the other has a "shire" at the end of it. We type to each other a lot, as we can't understand each other's spoken English. At least one of us needs to broaden our vocabulary. Maybe next time the scenes will be "engrossing" "facinating" or "absorbing" rather than "interesting."

[johnfransism]

my mum used to work for spode,,,,,,did you go through middleport?thats a nice place well on the canal anyway lol but most of stoke on trent is quite crappy as im from there i should know hence the reason i moved to newcastle upon tyne

[PIGandPINEAPPLE]

We went past a place called Middleport Pottery on the 1st day of our trip, it's between Etruria Junction and the south end of the Harecastle Tunnel. Don't think that they made Spode there though and for some unkown reason we have no footage of it.

If you think Stoke-on-Trent is bad you should try Bradford matey. I was dragged up there before escaping to the USofA

[60degreesnorth]

Used to work that section as a boy from Stoke boat club, certainly has changed from my days

[PIGandPINEAPPLE]

I know what you mean, it's the same everywhere. They've ripped out Britains Industrial Heartland and replaced it all with shopping centres connected together with ring roads!

I think that immediately after the incinerator bridge the first buildings we see are the remains of the Kerr Stuart Locomotive Works where the late, great L T C Rolt served his apprenticeship.

[quadrant2005]

The place that smelled at the begining of your video was the rubbish disposal insinarator

[the1clothes1peg]

Interesting !!!

If you had carried on up at the end of the film i've just bought a house that backs onto the canal just before bridge 117 before festival park marina

[Davidlutherphillips]

Special to see where the Trent and Mersey got its main funding from :) The Potteries are changing ... and like all changes some not for the better :)

[rollthetape88]

crappy area! that's hyde park tiles love. lol hahahaha

[MrAlex892]

this music makes me feel relaxed

[ddowlerst4]

Good video. I had never seen the make shift tunnel while work was been done on the A500 next to the canal. Stoke is a dying city as are most places in the UK ( the main export of the UK now is people). Great Britain was the world leader in so many different areas of manufacturing, now we're just Britain!

Back to Stoke, if you want find out what a fantastic, creative and world leading city Stoke was, then buy a copy of 'The Lost City of Stoke on Trent', by Matthew Rice (fantastic read).

[bloke9200]

only a pair of morons would do a video of the canel system

[speckog]

I remember when I went there and my sandwich fell in there so? i jumped in to save it and i died.

[smihw99]

HA HA....Loved the video and the porno film type music....Bring it on baby...!

[boo66]

At 3:00 watching the tunnel end uneclipse is incredible. Absolutely art with that full-circle reflection!