Workers in Dawson City, which was situated at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall. The ‘City’ housed many hundreds of men along with their wives and children. It was built in 1900 near Draper Corner, below Heptonstall Slack, as a settlement and depot for…
Constructed in 1898 as a compensation tunnel for Green Withens Reservoir, one of the former Wakefield Water Board’s biggest holdings with a capacity of over 300 million gallons, the tunnel runs back for 850…
Halifax Cororation Waterworks visit by memebers and officals of Hebden Bridge UDC. 11th September 1934. Loaned for scanning by Hebden Royd Town Council.
Gorpley Waterworks under construction. It was finally opened in 1905. The work was completed by Benjamin Lumb, the local builder. In this view, the workmen's encampment can be seen beyond the half-constructed filter beds