Why Winsford was 'a veritable Mecca for steam engine enthusiasts' [Knutsford Guardian]
Date: 05/12/2022
Winsford's claim to fame is that it provides virtually all of the UK's rock salt, used on the roads in winter.
As well as being the source of it, salt is also produced in its various forms, including industrial use.
This has to be transported about the country; most of these salt products were, until the early 1980s, carried by rail.
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