This is a drying machine. After cloth was dyed or washed, it passed through this machine which consisted of cylinders, which were about 1.5 meters long and made of copper or brass. The cylinders were heated by steam and rotated thus drying the…
Nutclough Mill in the foreground, Yorkshire Water Board excavations behind Dodnaze estate, and the Birchcliffe Centre to the right of the centre of the picture.
PNH00808. c.1893. Looking over the houses to Nutclough Mill. To the left of the mill is Keighley Road before it vast retaining wall was constructed and above is Eiffel Street with 'the Tower' under construction. The two chimnies right of centre are…
Looking over from Heptonstall Hillside. Bottom left Foster Mill, centre Hangingroyd Works, centre right Hebden Works with Nutclough Mill above. With the exception of Nutclough Mill most now demolished. Centre left going off at an angle the so called…
Nutclough Mill in the foreground, Yorkshire Water Board excavations behind Dodnaze estate, and the Birchcliffe Centre to the right of the centre of the picture.
You can clearly see that Nutclough Mill, in the centre of the picture, was built in stages. The dark part is the earliest, it was extended to one side and then the other and then upwards. To the left of the mill you can see the town's gas holder.…
Looking over Hebden Bridge to the Birchcliffe hillside. In the centre of the picture with its arched portico is the former Birchcliffe Baptist Chapel, opened in 1899, now the Birchcliffe Centre, home of Pennine Heritage Ltd. The chapel looks newly…
To the left of the photo the building adjoining the Hebden Bridge Council Offices at one time housed the Hebden Bridge Library, it was removed as part of the Town Hall development, with the official opening of the new Waterfront Hall taking place on…
Seen through the up-turned market stall, on the left is Astin's sewing shop, site now occupied by the medical centre, and on the right the roof of the mortuary, with Nutclough Mill behind it.