| Description | A large photograph album approx 38x57x9 cm and entitled "The Salt Union Limited Winsford, Northwich, Runcorn, Stoke Prior" containing black and white photographs approx 29x23cm from those works. It is stamped STOKE WORKS inside the front cover and on the fly leaf and subtitled STOKE WORKS on the inside title page. This page is also annotated in pencil "taken during the year 1923". The Stoke Prior Works was in Worcestershire.
The photographs are listed below in the order and with the titles they have in the album.
1. Vacuum Plant Works, Winsford
2. Vacuum Plant Works, Winsford
3. Wharf of Vacuum Plant Works, Winsford on the River Weaver
4. Wharf of Vacuum Plant Works, Winsford on the River Weaver
5. Power Station, Vacuum Works, Winsford
6. Purification Plant, Vacuum Works, Winsford
7. Pure Salt in Bulk, Vacuum Works, Winsford
8. Salt Drying Plant, Vacuum Works, Winsford
9. Salt Drying Plant, Vacuum Works, Winsford
10. Mill Room, Vacuum Works, Winsford
11. Bagging Pure Dried Vacuum Salt, Vacuum Works, Winsford
12. One of the Bag Stores, showing bag stitching, Vacuum Works, Winsford
13. Despatch of pure dried vacuum salt, per rail, Vacuum Works, Winsford
14. Loading pure dried vacuum salt in barrels and bulk for export, Vacuum Works, Winsford
15. Loading pure dried vacuum salt for dairy purposes for export, Vaccuum Works, Winsford
16. Manufacture of cattle licks from pure salt, Vacuum Works, Winsford
17. Machine bagging pure dried salt for dairy purposes, Vacuum Works, Winford
18. Hand bagging pure dried salt for dairy purposes, Vacuum Works, Winsford
19. Electrically operated kitchen girls canteen, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
20. Girls' dining room, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
21. Paper Store, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
22. Folding Cartons, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
23. Sewing boxes, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
24. Wood box making, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
25. Wood box making, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
26. Packing Union Cartons, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
27. Packing Falk Packets, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
28. Closing and wiring cases of Falk salt for export, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
29. Delivery Bay, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
30. Shipping Union and Falk table salt, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
31. Shipping Union and Falk table salt, Packet Dept., Vacuum Works, Winsford
32. Manufacture of Lagos squares for West Africa. Winsford
33. Drying Lagos squares for West Africa. Winsford
34. Bagging Lagos for West Africa. Winsford
35. Handed square pan for home trade. Winsford
36. Happing handed squares. Winsford
37. Drying handed squares. Winsford
38. Panoramic view of Newbridge Works, Winsford
39. Panoramic view of Newbridge Works, Winsford
40. Panoramic view of Newbridge Works, Winsford
41. Open air Fishery salt pans, Newbridge Works, Winsford
42. Open air Fishery salt pans, Newbridge Works, Winsford
43. Fishery salt store and loading carts, Newbridge Works, Winsford
44. Loading Fishery salt for export
45. Magnesia Works
46. Magnesia Works
47. Technical staff office and laboratories, Winsford
48. Research laboratories, Winsford
49. Research laboratories, Winsford
50. Drawing Office, Engineering Dept., Winsford
51. Fitting shops, Engineering Dept., Winsford (including "Wharton" loco)
52. Fitting shops, Engineering Dept., Winsford (including Lathes)
53. Railway wagon building and repair shops, Winsford (including railway wagons)
54. Railway wagon building and repair shops, Winsford (including Presses)
55. Railway wagon building and repair shops, Winsford (including woodworking machines)
56. Railway wagon building and repair shops, Winsford (including man with brace and bit)
57. Fire Brigade. Winsford (men all sat on tender)
58. Fire Brigade. Winsford (men laying out suction hose)
59. Compound gearing of brine shaft
60. Exterior of machinery house, showing pump trees and rod
61. Brine storage tanks, Winsford (wooden tank and background)
62. Brine storage tanks, Winsford (wooden tank only) |