(grid reference SO 894634)
The Salt Union Ltd, a conglomerate of English salt works owners, came into being in 1888 and at some time between then and 1893 they purchased the Droitwich Salt Co Ltd including the Covercroft salt works.
The Covercroft was the last of the salt works in Droitwich and its closure in 1922 ended salt production in the spa town. The area has now been redeveloped but the name lives on as an access road to a new superstore.
LOCOMOTIVE FLEET:
AVON 0-6-0ST Fox Walker 328 of 1877 (to Salt Union Ltd Stoke Prior salt works 1922)
COVERCROFT 0-4-0ST Manning Wardle 687 of 1878 (probably scrapped between 1911 and 1922)
AVON was transferred to the Stoke Prior salt works when the Covercroft works was closed in 1922.
The photograph above is a view of the Covercroft salt works taken from Ombersley Street. The photograph is reproduced by kind permission of the Droitwich Heritage and Information Centre who state that the photograph was taken about 1912. However this image also appears on page 111 of 'Droitwich - A Pictorial History' by Lyn Blewitt and Bob Field who give an alternative date of 1899.
Click here for the Salt Union Ltd, Stoke Prior salt works