Description:Railway wagon in for repair at the workshop, Stubbs Saltworks.
Brine deposits were discovered under Stafford Common in 1877, during a search for water supplies for the town. In 1893 the Stafford Salt and Alkali Co. was founded on Common Road.
The success of the Salt and Alkali Co. led to two other firms starting up on Stafford Common - the Crown Saltworks, which had become Stubbs and Co. by 1900, and Chance and Hunt.
Eventually the brine pumping process caused subsidence in the north of the town, and therefore salt production in Stafford was banned in 1970.