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Looking across Hebden Bridge from Fairfield, Palace House road is in the foreground with the railway station behind. Note all the trucks in the sidings. Behind the station on the far side of the field, next to the canal, the large Crossley Mill…

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View over the railway station to the town and Heptonstall hillside. Bottom right the municipal gas works at Crow Nest. The station wedged between the railway warehouse and Victoria Mill.

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From a booklet entitled 'Views of Hebden Bridge & District', undated but believed to be around 1900. The picture shows the new station which was built in 1892. The large mill towards the right is Victoria Mill.

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In the foreground the station warehouse and sidings and above them across Calder Holmes is Crossley Mill.

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LYRS 2717 - The unusual hydraulic lift on Platform 2 down to the subway used by porters to barrow parcels etc between the platforms. The lift is still there but no longer in use. The wooden wheelbarrow weighs 3 qr and 26 lb (totalling 82 lb) and…

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Bottom centre the passenger station and to its left the large railway warehouse and goods sidings. Above them can be seen Riverside School, originally Hebden Bridge Grammar School which opened 1909. At the top of Station Road by Princes Bridge is…

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View across the railway station to the town. The passenger station, re-built 1891/2, wedged between Victoria Mill to its right and the large railway warehouse to the left and beyond it Crossley Mill. Bottom right the Crow Nest Works of the joint…

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1920s or '30s. By this time carting had been contracted out by the LMS and here to Robertshaw Bros. A mixture of vehicles and registration plates; with the exception of the second from the right which is a Huddersfield number the rest are all…

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c.1912. In the foreground the large station warehouse which had been extended in 1884 and the sidings. The warehouse was demolished in 1969 following serious fire damage but goods facilities had been withdrawn in 1966.

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LYRS2701. Early 20thc. pre-1908 view across the railway station to the town. The passenger station, re-built 1891/2, wedged between Victoria Mill to its right and the large railway warehouse to the left, the second bay of which built in 1884 still…

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LYRS 2705 - Station frontage and forecourt in BR days. Date unknown but a poster to the right on the end of the building advertises walks in the West Riding which dates it pre-1974. The upper floor looks to be still occupied as the Station masters…

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LYRS 4478 - General view of the 'up' platform, buildings and canopy in 1951 with westbound Stanier 4-6-0 Class No. 45421. The station warehouse to the left and Victoria Mill beyond were demolished in the late 1960s. The sleepers on the platform…

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LYRS 6043 - Front & non-door end in 1963. The track in front of it ran to a buffer stop at the east end of the 'up' platform and has now been lifted. F&T Lumbs building behind has been demolished.
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