Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001144
Accident, Crane, Cranes, Event, Goods Wagons, Mill, Railway, Railways, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
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2014-09-29T19:16:36
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Railway Accident at Cornholme - TAS001143
Accident, Crane, Cranes, Event, People at Work, Railway, Railway line, Railways, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-29T19:15:37
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Portsmouth Station near Todmorden - TAS001135
Crane, Cranes, People at Work, Platform, Portsmouth Station, Railway, Railway Signals, Railway line, Railway station, Railways, Todmorden
Station staff posing for the camera. Date unknown but probably early 20th century looking up the line towards Burnley. The crossover on the level crossing was lifted by the time the station closed in 1958.
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2014-09-29T19:12:50
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Extension to Horsfall Tunnel, Copy Pitt - TAS001126
Building, Construction, Crane, Cranes, Railway tunnel
The tunnel is to the right, Lobb Mill car park to the left and the picnic area to the right. The hillside had slipped causing damage to the tunnel, it was reinforced with a steel cage.
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2014-09-29T18:55:13
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Railway Sidings - TAS001106
Crane, Cranes, Goods Wagons, People at Work, Railway, Railway line, Railways
Buckley Wood behind - this is 'Todmorden Triangle'
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2014-09-29T18:50:43
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Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001084
Accident, Crane, Cranes, Diesel Engine, Disaster, Event, Events, Railway, Railways, Steam loco, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
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2014-09-28T12:27:22
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Railway Accident at Cornholme 1967 - TAS001080
Accident, Crane, Cranes, Diesel Engine, Disaster, Event, Railway, Railway line, Railways, Steam loco, Todmorden
During the night of 15 August a train of 36 loaded vans and empty mineral wagons from Lostock Hall to Healey Mills headed by a Type 4 disel D398 collided with the 'Copy Pit' banker*, an 8F 2-8-0 steam loco, at about 60-70 mph. The driver of the diesel was killed and wreckage was strewn over a mile with some wagons rolling down the embankment including into houses in Cornholme. (Information thanks to 'Railway Memories No. 11, Halifax and the Calder Valley' published by Bellcode Books.)
* Banking was the use on a steep gradient of a powerful loco at the rear of a heavy train to help ‘push it up’ and also to stop any wagons that broke away from rolling back down hill, not unknown in the Upper Calder Valley.
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
2014-09-28T12:25:59
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The New Crescent Street Premises - MOT00543
Buildings, Crane, Cranes, Interior, Machinery, Mill, Mills, People, People at Work
Heavy-lifting machinery in the new Crescent Street premises.
Roger Birch
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Roger Birch
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The New Crescent Street Premises - MOT00540
Buildings, Crane, Cranes, Interior, Machinery, Mill, Mills, People, People at Work
Heavy-lifting machinery in the new Crescent Street premises.
Roger Birch
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Roger Birch
PHDA - The Making of Todmorden
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Todmorden
Woodhouse Todmorden - TAS00965
Bridge, Chimney, Chimneys, Crane, Cranes, Todmorden, Woodhouse Road
Woodhouse Mill on left - new factory ( Heatherdale Fabrics) on right. Now Poly Hi-Solidor
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2014-11-13T20:20:39
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Portsmouth Mill - TAS00707
Crane, Cranes, Greens_Mill, Mill, Places, Portsmouth
Greens Mill in the background
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2014-09-29T19:15:23
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Demolition of Mount Zion Sunday School, Todmorden. - TAS00461
Building, Buildings, Church, Churches & Chapels, Churches_&_Chapels, Crane, Cranes, Demolition, Minster, Mount Zion, Todmorden
The inscription over the central window reads ‘AD 1881’. The adjacent chapel had opened in 1854. The chapel closed in 1968 and the school was then used for services until that too closed in 1985 and was largely demolished as seen here although the lower walls remain as does the graveyard.
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2014-09-26T19:41:48
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Horsforth Station, Leeds - DNT00170
Crane, Cranes, Gas Lamp, Goods Shed, Horsforth, Lamp, Leeds, NER, North Eastern Railway, Platform, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station, Station Building, Station Clock, Station Platform, Station Staff
The station originally on the Leeds & Thirsk Railway (see Headingley Station) opened in 1849 and seen her with staff posing for the camera in NER days pre-1923. The station was de-staffed in 1969 and the buildings demolished. As a result of increased passenger numbers using the station it was re-developed in 2003 with the construction of new waiting rooms and a ticket office.
Unknown
David Taylor
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
PHDA - David Taylor Collection
Halifax General Hospital - MCH00280
Building, Construction, Crane, Cranes, Halifax, Hospital, Lorry
During construction August 1999.
Mick Chatham
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Halifax General Hospital - MCH00279
Building, Construction, Crane, Cranes, Halifax, Hospital
During construction August 1999.
Mick Chatham
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PHDA - Mick Chatham Collection
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Halifax General Hospital - MCH00278
Allotments, Building, Construction, Crane, Cranes, Halifax, Hospital
During construction August 1999.
Mick Chatham
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Halifax General Hospital - MCH00277
Building, Construction, Crane, Cranes, Halifax, Hospital
During construction August 1999.
Mick Chatham
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Halifax General Hospital - MCH00276
Building, Construction, Crane, Cranes, Halifax, Hospital
During construction August 1999.
Mick Chatham
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Ellenroad Ring Mill, Newhey, during demolition - MIC00102
Building, Crane, Cranes, Demolition, Mill Chimney, Newhey
In the late 1880's the Ellenroad spinning Company was formed to respond to the boom in the cotton trade. They turned to the well respected Oldham architects, Scott & Sons, to managed the design and construction.
The mill was a modern "fireproof" structure of five storeys, 100 yards long and 50 yards wide with a conditioning cellar and warehouse. It accommodated 99,756 mule spindles made by Platts of Oldham with drawing frames and carding machines.
The engine house was a separate building. The company went to the local firm of J&W McNaught for the steam engine and chose a triple-expansion horizontal engine. This gave the greatest efficiency in terms of power per ton of coal. Steam was raised by five Lancashire boilers which needed a 220ft chimney to provide enough draft.
In 1892 the engines were named Victoria and Alexandra and the first cotton was produced.
In 1916 a fire broke out that destroyed the whole of the cotton mill except for the engine house, boiler house and chimney stack. The decision was taken to rebuild the mill and install Ring Spinning frames.
The Ellenroad Ring Spinning Mill re-opened in 1921 powered by its mighty 3000 horsepower twins, Victoria and Alexandra. The flywheel, 28 feet in diameter and weighing over 80 tons, provided the drive through 44 ropes to line shafts on five floors of the mill. All the boilers were replaced with new Lancashires, raising steam at 180 pounds per square inch.
The mill machinery continued to be powered by the 3000hp engines until electrification of the mill in 1975, when this, the last of the great steam engines of the Lancashire cotton age, was stopped for the last time. The mill survived only a few years until 1985 when it was demolished. However, the engines and boiler house, including a Lancashire boiler and the 220-foot high chimney, were saved.
Michael Clarke
Pennine Heritage
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1980s
Pennine Heritage
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MIC00102.tif
Hebden Bridge Town Hall - MOS00166
Building, Construction, Council Offices, Crane, Cranes, Hebden Bridge, People, People at Work, Stubbings School, Town Hall
November 2011 and work is in progress on the extension to Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
Max Sunderland
2011-10-20T11:56:49.094
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Croft Mill, Hebden Bridge, June 2007 - MOS00125
Building, Construction, Crane, Cranes, Croft Mill, Hebden Bridge, Mill, Mills
Work is in progress on converting the mill into apartments.
Max Sunderland
2007-06-04T10:44:34+01:00
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Croft Mill, Hebden Bridge, June 2007 - MOS00124
Building, Construction, Crane, Cranes, Croft Mill, Hebden Bridge, Mill, Mills
Work is in progress on converting the mill into apartments.
Max Sunderland
2007-06-04T10:44:11+01:00
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St Peters. Walsden - TAL00422
Canal, Canals, Crane, Cranes, St Peters, Transport, Walsden
AN 70082697
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Todmorden Water Works, c1905 - TAL00419
Building, Construction, Crane, Cranes, Todmorden
Officially opened March 23rd 1905. AN 70082790
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1905
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Greetland Station Goods Yard, July 1938. - NGH00105
Bridge, Crane, Cranes, Footbridge, Goods Wagons, Goods Yard, LMS, LYR, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, M&LR, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Railway, Railway station, Railways, Station
View of the goods yard or sidings looking down the line in the Elland direction. The station closed in 1962 and an oil terminal was built on the site of the goods yard.
Jim Hargreaves
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1938, 1930s
PHDA - Nigel Hargreaves
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