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The Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean - TAS001124
The bridge was built for taking men and materials to the site of the construction of the Walshshaw Dean reservoirs, which started in 1900.
The Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean - TAS001123
The bridge was built for taking men and materials to the site of the construction of the Walshshaw Dean reservoirs, which started in 1900. A fatality occured C.1905 when a Mrs Harwood fell to her death.
The River at Blake Dean - WMH00732
Undated postcard. Looking upstream, the remains of the supports for the trestle bridge can be seen.
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, Nr. Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge - WMH00719
Undated postcard. During the construction of Walshaw Dean reservoirs for Halifax Corporation a railway or tramway was built from near Heptonstall up to the sites to transport materials, supplies and the navvies from the shanty town near Heptonstall…
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, Nr. Hebden Bridge - WMH00711
Undated postcard and the sender's message reads:
"This bridge was a wood one and crossed from one Hill to the other it was put up when working at our Water works for the men it is now blown down as it began to rot & one lady was looking over when one…
"This bridge was a wood one and crossed from one Hill to the other it was put up when working at our Water works for the men it is now blown down as it began to rot & one lady was looking over when one…
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean - JNB00506
Used during the construction of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs.
The Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, Hebden Bridge - MCH00141
The bridge carried a narrow gauge railway across the steep valley during the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs. Postcard dated 1905.
Mrs Edgar Harwood, April 24th 1859 - May 22nd 11909 - MOS00112
Mrs Harwood fell to her death from the trestle bridge at Blake Dean.
The Trestle Bridge at Blake Dean 1901 - RDA00120
"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…
Supports of the Trestle Bridge at Blakedean - DEF00108
These supports are all that remains of the bridge that carried the rail or tramway used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall, to the construction site of the Washaw Dean Reservoirs.
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, Near. Hebden Bridge. - WAO00209
Undated postcard. The bridge was built to carry a tramway from Whitehill Nook, Heptonstall, to transport materials and navvies to the construction site of Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. The bridge was 700ft long and 105ft above the valley floor. The bridge…
Trestle Viaduct, Walshaw Dean. - KEC00190
"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…
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - EIL00118
This Post Card, one in the Valentine's Series, is quite a well known photo. In the 1950's local teenagers would gather to swim in the Green Lady pool which formed around the remains of the stone foundations used to support the structure (which was…
Trestle Bridge, Hebden Bridge - ALC01491
Postcard date stamped June 20 1905 sent to Mr J. Mr J. Mitchell in Whitworth from Lill.
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - ALC00991
The rail or tramway was used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook to the construction site of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs.
Trains on trestle bridge at Blake Dean - ALC00990
The rail or tramway was used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall, to the construction site of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the early 1900s.
Blake Dean Trestle Bridge - ALC00985
The rail or tramway was used for the transportation of men and equipment from the base camp at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall, to the construction site of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the early 1900s.
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, c1902 - ALC00842
"But hark! What sound is that which startles him (the tourist) with its shrill shriek, almost making him forget that he is 'far away from the madding crowd?' On the opposite side of the valley he descries a railway engine with a train of trucks just…
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean - ALC00812
"But hark! What sound is that which startles him (the tourist) with its shrill shriek, almost making him forget that he is 'far away from the madding crowd?' On the opposite side of the valley he descries a railway engine with a train of trucks just…
Rishworth Station Approach. - LYR00103
LYRS 3534. Rishworth Trestle Bridge - carrying station approach. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester…