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Sowerby Bridge - TWA00112
Railway Bridge, Holmes Road, Sowerby Bridge. Circa 1960
Salterhebble Bridge - TWA00257
In his will dated Feb 1st, 1533, John Waterhouse left twelve pence “to the amendying of Salterhebble.” W.B. Crump wrote that for the present this remains the earliest use of the dialect word “hebble”. In 1637 a fine of £40 was imposed on the…
Salterhebble - TWA00139
Bridge that carries Wakefield Road over the Halifax Arm of the Calder & Hebble Navigation at Salterhebble. The arm used to go right into Halifax but now terminates just before the Water Mill public house and Premier Inn.
Salterhebble - TWA00138
Footbridge at the locks at Salterhebble
Rookes Bridge, Norwood Green - TWA00108
This is Rookes Bridge which carries the railway over Whitehall Road at Norwood Green.
Ripponden Old Bridge - TWA00255
RIPPONDEN OLD BRIDGE was written about by a former President of the Halifax Antiquairans, the late J. H. Priestley, and his paper appeared in the 1935 Transactions.
Ripponden Bridge - TWA00106
Ripponden old Bridge, circa 1960
Rastrick Bridge, Brighouse - TWA00254
RASTRICK BRIDGE, Brighouse, The Borough of Brighouse derives its name from this ancient bridge. An ancient house or houses stood near the bridge over the Calder between Brighouse and Rastrick. hence the name Brighouse, or Bridge-house, and for a time…
Railway Viaduct, West Vale, Nr Halifax. - TWA00141
This bridge carried the branch line, from Greetland up to Holywell Green and Stainland, over the Saddleworth Road. The line closed to passenger traffic in the 1920s and to goods in 1958.
Railway bridge, Stainland Road, West Vale Nr Halifax - TWA00152
On the branch from Greetland on the Calder Valley Main Line upto Holywell Green and Stainland. The line closed to passenger traffic in the 1920s and to goods in 1958.
Railway Bridge, Norwood Green - TWA00172
Called Rookes Bridge, it carries the Halifax To Bradford Railway over Whitehall Road (A58) at Norwood Green.
Railway Bridge, Norwood Green - TWA00171
This bridge is about 250 yards south west of Rookes Bridge (TWA00172) and it crosses Rookes Lane.
Railway Bridge at West Vale Nr Halifax. - TWA00118
On the branch from Greetland on the Calder Valley Main Line up to Holywell Green and Stainland. The line closed to passenger traffic in the 1920s and to goods in 1958.
This bridge takes the branch line over Stainand Road at West Vale. Onecliffe…
This bridge takes the branch line over Stainand Road at West Vale. Onecliffe…
Railway Bridge at Copley - TWA00144
This bridge carries the Sowerby Bridge to Halifax railway over Wakefield Road at Copley.
Railway Arch, Copley, Nr Halifax. - TWA00128
This takes the railway over Wakefield Road at Copley
Phoenix Bridge, Brighouse, - TWA00253
This bridge runs parallel to Clifton Bridge and carries King Street over the Clifton Beck. On a stone tablet on the parapet is inscribed "W.R.C.C PHOENIX BRIDGE."
Paris Gate Bridge, Halifax - TWA00252
PARIS GATE BRIDGE. That there was a bridge at Paris Gate over the Hebble is evidenced by the West Riding Quarter Sessions Records. At Pontefract in April, 1794, the surveyor of Skircoat and Southowram having submitted to an indictment a gratuity of…
Oxygrains Bridge, Rishworth - TWA00251
OXYGRAINS BRIDGE, Rishworth, is a single-arch stone pack¬horse bridge without any Parapet, and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Watson wrote that the Ryburn stream "receives a considerable rivulet at the Ox-grains bridge, in the same township…
Norwood Green or Wyke Viaduct, Pickle Bridge Line - TWA00182
The 22 arch viaduct on the branch from Pickle Bridge Station (later Wyke Station) on the Halifax-Bradford line to Clifton Road, Brighouse then re- joining the Calder Valley Main Line at Anchor Pit Junction west of Brighouse The viaduct was only…
Norwood Green - TWA00154
Rail bridge, Norwood Green