Wedgwood Etruria Works
1769 - Closed
Overview
Josiah Wedgwood named his canal side Staffordshire works after the potters of Etruria. Here he industrialized fine ceramics, perfected Queens Ware, and helped fund his grandsons campaign against the slave trade. Production moved to Barlaston in the 1940s.
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