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Looking towards Todmorden from above the picnic site. The railway line goes over Horsfall Arches (Lobb Mill viaduct) before entering Castle Hill Tunnel. Todmorden Town Hall is in the centre in the distance.

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Taken one week before alterations began in March 2003.

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Taken one week before alterations began in March 2003.

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Taken one week before alterations began in March 2003.

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To the right of the viaduct is the former Robinwood School, now an Activity Centre.

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To the right of the viaduct is the former Robinwood School, now an Activity Centre.

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Opened by the LNWR in June 1884 it closed for passenger traffic in May 1969.

In 1929 a platform link was constructed with nearby Victoria Station creating Europe's longest platform at 2,238 feet (682 m).

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The road is Mayroyd Lane which links Station Road to Fairfield. Bottom right is the footpath to the railway station.

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Bridges carry the railway over first the road and then the canal.

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The art deco concourse was built in 1938 at the same time as the adjacent Queens Hotel was rebuilt in the same style. The concourse was built to link Wellington Station, re-named City North, with New Station, re-named City South, but there remained…

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The 'under belly' of Leeds Station in 2006. Many users of Leeds Station are unaware that it sits atop a massive Victorian complex of vaults and arches spanning the River Aire, the so called ‘Dark Arches’, reputedly comprising 18 million bricks.…

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"At 105 feet high the trestle bridge carrying Blakedean railway across the valley remained a stunning spectacle for over a decade in the early years of the 20th century. Enoch Tempest commissioned architect William Henry Cockcroft and engineer George…

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Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.

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Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.

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Can anyone identify the site? This looks very much like a volunteer gang. As there is only a single track it is almost certainly a heritage line.
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