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Hebden Bridge Gas Works under construction on 30th September 1912. The gas works were a municipal undertaking and remained so until nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949.

Hebden Bridge gas works under construction on 30th (not 31st as printed on the original photo) September 1912. The gas works were a municipal undertaking and remained so until nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949.

The railway line runs diagonally across the picture, with Fairfield on the left and Calder Holmes Park on the right.

With nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949 the Hebden Royd's municipal gas works were closed and subsequently demolishes as seen here. The 57ft chimney was left standing until 1956 when "carefully" brought down because of the gas mains under…

With nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949 the Hebden Royd's municipal gas works ere closed and subsequently demolishes as seen here. The 57ft chimney was left standing until 1956 when "carefully" brought down because of the gas mains under the…

A famous photo of the station area about 1900. Bottom right the Municipal Gas Works at Crow Nest, above it Mayroyd Mill and then the five storey Victoria Mill with the small station dwarfed by it and the large station warehouse on the other side.…

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.