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LYRS 2777n -1937. Sowerby Bridge - general view of track formation, loco depot, Goods Yard and West Signal Box taken from the top of Sowerby Tunnel.

Sowerby Bridge was the main operating centre for the Upper Calder Valley with a large engine and…

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LYRS 3501 - Sowerby Bridge - view in town before widening of the railway bridge for the new station c1870. The Town Hall tower visible above the bridge.

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LYRS 3500 - Sowerby Bridge - panorama of trackwork. Note the unusual signals hanging from the gantry. The Goods Yards and Sidings were all lifted and the locomotive depot demolished in 1965 although the base of the water tower and coaling stage has…

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LYRS 2781 - Sowerby Bridge - old station. The first station at Sowerby Bridge opened in October 1840 with the opening of the Manchester & Leeds Railway between Hebden bridge and Normanton. It was situated between Sowerby Tunnel and Rochdale Road and…

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LYRS 2786 - Sowerby Bridge - general view of the town looking east across the station & coal yard and drops.

This station was built in the late 1870s when the branch to Ripponden was opened. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with…

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LYRS 2783n - Sowerby Bridge - panorama of town with the station in the foreground. This station was built in the late 1870s when the branch to Ripponden was opened. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with canopies and a large imposing…

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LYRS 4986 - River Bridge Ground Frame Box (front & door gable) with the CWS Grain Warehouse. The warehouse with its own siding belonged to the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) who had a large flour mill adjacent to it. The mill was badly damaged…

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LYRS 8625 - Coal drops in 1967. The coal drops seen here with wagons on the coal siding above are west of the station off the 'up' line. Dating from about 1875 coal was 'dropped' from railway wagons on the sidings down the shoots into road wagons…

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LYRS 5057 - 1956. Coal Sidings & Ground Frame Box (front & non-door gable). The coal sidings with 'drops' beneath were west of the station off the 'up' line.

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LYRS 4130 - Horse-drawn Parcels Delivery Van No 120, 2-wheel, & horse-drawn Cab in front of Sowerby Bridge Station.

The imposing Tudor style station building looked down Station Road but was demolished following fire damage in 1978 although the…

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LYRS 8623 - Sowerby Bridge Station 1967 - Grain Warehouse and Ground Frame Box (front & door gable). The warehouse with its own siding belonged to the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) who had a large flour mill adjacent to it. The mill was badly…

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The station approach in BR days. The station was demolished in 1978 following serious fire damage and all that remains is the single storey building on the left now the Jubilee Refreshment Rooms.

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LYRS 3907 - Platform Bracket Signal with subsidiary arms and water turret at the east end of the former island platform. All now gone and the six platforms reduced to two. The tracks going off to the right, which include the Rishworth Branch, have…

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LYRS 6099 - 1963. Water column and fire devil at the west end of the former island platform, now gone. Originally six platforms but now reduced to two and the two tracks seen here are the only ones to have survived. The fire devil is to prevent the…

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LYRS 3801 - West Signal Box on the Goods Yard and Loco Depot was situated near the east portal of Sowerby Tunnel. The ground floor contains the mechanism for connecting the levers to their respective points or signals. The Box and the depots have…

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LYRS 4330 - Sowerby Bridge Station - general view looking east in 1910 with unidentified Aspinall. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with canopies which were taken down after the Second World War.

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LYRS 4331 - 1951. Sowerby Bridge Station - general view of platforms, buildings and canopies looking east. The canopies are already in a dilapidated condition and were soon to be demolished and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The…

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LYRS 4332 - 1951. Sowerby Bridge Station - general view of platforms, buildings and canopies looking west. The canopies are already in a dilapidated condition and were soon to be demolished and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The…

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LYRS 6096 - 1963. Sowerby Bridge Station Building and Concourse in poor condition. The platform canopies have gone and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The main building and concourse were hastily demolished following fire damage in…

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LYRS 6095 - 1963. Sowerby Bridge Station Building and Concourse all in an unkept and dilapidated condition. The platform canopies have gone and replaced by the concrete structures we see today. The main building and concourse were hastily demolished…

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Station frontage looking down Station Road. The station with its imposing Tudor style building replaced an earlier station near Sowerby Tunnel and was built in the late 1870s when the Rishworth Branch was constructed. It was hastily demolished…

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LYRS 4333 - 1951. Sowerby Bridge Station - general view of the station concourse at the rear of the main Station Building and at a right angle to the platforms. The platform canopies were taken down shortly after the photo was taken and the Station…

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LYRS 6106 - Sowerby Bridge Station 1963 - frontage and approach looking down Station Road. The station with its imposing Tudor style building replaced an earlier station near Sowerby Tunnel and was built in the late 1870s when the Rishworth Branch…

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LYRS 8618 - Sowerby Bridge Station - frontage and apprachlooking down Station Road. The station with its imposing Tudor style building, replacing an earlier station near Sowerby Tunnel, and was built in the late 1870s when the Rishworth Branch was…

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LYRS 4945 - Station Signal Box ( 'chimney' side & non-door gable) at the junction with the Rishworth Branch. The box has now gone and the tracks visible in this photo have all been lifted.
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