Geograph - photograph every grid square

This is the Worcester and Birmingham Canal approaching Bridge No 42 (Weston Hall Road) and the Boat and Railway public house and restaurant. Navigators needing evening refreshment following a hard day's locking may prefer to moor here or by Bridge 44. Options at the foot of the Tardebigge flight are not in the spirit of the "good old English pub", and can be costly (2010).

Stoke Works owes its presence mainly to the enterprise of John Corbett. Salt had been mined at Droitwich since before Roman times, but in the 1850s the engineer, John Corbett, discovered a method of extracting it by digging a shaft down to the seam. He would then pour water in, then pump out the brine from which the salt could be retrieved. He made a huge fortune. However, he built good houses for his workers and assisted in many philanthropic enterprises. The buildings in this image (I think) are part of the village he had built here by his salt works.