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The former head office of one of the largest canal carriers and boatbuilders Fellows, Morton & Clayton on Fazeley Street, Birmingham is now an engineering works. This site housed their own dockyard, the company being a pioneer in the construction and use of the iron canal boat. Formed in the 1830’s the company was a prominent player in canal transportation up until nationalisation in 1948, having branches in Saltley, Dudley Port, Wolverhampton, Leicester, Nottingham, Northampton, Leighton Buzzard, Brentford, Uxbridge and London.

TN 2003

Gloucester Docks

TN 2004

Albert Docks, Liverpool

TN 2005

River Trent, Newark

TN 2004

British Waterways depot on Castle Wharf, Canal Street, Nottingham, has been converted into separate units which include offices, shops, cafes and even a comedy club. New buildings have been tastefully added to this former run down wharf making a fine leisure facility for the city.

TN 2008

These Victorian buildings on the Nottingham Canal housed the offices, wharfs and warehouses of Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd on Canal Street, Nottingham. Today the offices have been converted to the Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd 1895 pub, which has its own brewhouse. The adjacent building houses the Canal House Bar and Restaurant.

TN 2008

Built in 1897 the former Hardstaff building in Canal Street, Nottingham is now the Via Fossa bar and restaurant.

TN 2008

Trent & Mersey Canal, Shardlow

TN 2003

Stoke on Trent

TN 2003

The former Wolverhampton branch of Fellows, Morton & Clayton Ltd in Broad Street has been refurbished and converted to a Bier Keller. The FMC sign has been repainted and the site is a great canal side venue with convenient moorings for visiting narrow boats. Became part of British Waterways following nationalisation.

TN 2003