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The Railway and Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme - RDA00145
1904/05 and a busy industrial scene, looking east towards Todmorden. To the right can be seen a section of the long, low viaduct, and further in the distance the bow string bridge with its castellated abutments. In the centre foreground is the…
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches c.1890. - RDA00140
Behind the viaduct is Calderside Mill built in the 1820s by John Whiteley, after whom the viaduct came to be named. Reputedly it had the tallest chimney in the valley.
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
Gauxholme Viaduct & Bridge. - RDA00114
A rambling viaduct of 17 stone spans of 35ft and 1 of 60ft plus the iron span bridge over the Rochdale Canal, much plainer than its more famous neighbour to the east of the viaduct.
Mytholmroyd Viaduct and 'up' Platform. - TWA00156
The platforms not only extended along the viaducts but also extended over its sides it supported by the massive brackets seen here.
Mytholmroyd Viaduct and 'down' Platform. - TWA00153
The platforms not only extended along the viaducts but also extended over its sides it supported by the massive brackets seen here.
Railway bridge, Stainland Road, West Vale Nr Halifax - TWA00152
On the branch from Greetland on the Calder Valley Main Line upto Holywell Green and Stainland. The line closed to passenger traffic in the 1920s and to goods in 1958.
Railway Viaduct, West Vale, Nr Halifax. - TWA00141
This bridge carried the branch line, from Greetland up to Holywell Green and Stainland, over the Saddleworth Road. The line closed to passenger traffic in the 1920s and to goods in 1958.
Bridge at West Vale - TWA00123
3 of the 4 arch viaduct that carries the railway over the Canal and River Calder at West Vale.
North Bridge area of Halifax, 1980. - CBC06018
Clearly visible is the Dean Clough Mill (where the words Crossley Kosset are visible). The bus appears to be a 681, a service to Bradford that still runs today (2017).
Halifax Town Centre, 1970s - CBC06009
This view shows part of Halifax town centre. The car park in the middle of the picture is now the site of Marks and Spencers, the large building on the right with the 'pyramid' roof is the old Zion Chapel. This is now the site of the bus station.
Creating a garden at Mytholmroyd - DEF00265
c1966, this was one of Calder Civic Trust's first projects - creating a small garden on a piece of long derelict land in the ownership of British Rail. The relic of this garden remains (2014) in front of the Catholic Church, which has replaced the…
Landscaping at Whitely Arches, Hebden Bridge. - DEF00251
Landscaping by the Civic Trust at Whitely Arches. Robert Helliwell, David Fletcher and Phillip longbottom
Brook Street, Todmorden 1985 - TNC00494.tif
Work on what is now the car park at Brook Street. The post office is still situated in the building shown here on the left of the shot. The now demolished cinema visible through the second arch of the railway viaduct with the market hall to the right…
Gauxholme, Todmorden 1984 - TNC00396.tif
During restoration work on the Rochdale Canal. The metal trough bridge crossing the canal at the western end of the long rambling Gauxholme Viaduct.
Walsden, Todmorden, 1981 - TNC00326.tif
View over Gauxholme with the railway on the left curving to cross the Gauxholme Viaduct with the tower of Dobroyd Castle visible above it.
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…
Mytholmroyd c.1900. - WAO00133
Across the lower part of the photo are Mytholmroyd Station and Goods Shed with the structures on the Manchester 'up' line supported on stilts and the platforms extending over the viaduct. In the centre of this photo can be seen St Michael’s Church…
Mytholmroyd Station c.1900. - WAO00126
On the left workmen are repairing the viaduct fence. The platforms not only ran along the viaduct but also extended over the sides, supported by massive iron brackets, hence the reason for fencing instead of the usual stone parapet.
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…
Whiteley Arches, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge - KEC00174
West of Hebden Bridge on the Todmorden road the viaduct was built in 1839/40 on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. An early example of skew arches. The bridge was originally bow string but was replaced about 1940 as a matter of neccesity by the metal…
Whiteley Arches, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge. - KEC00173
West of Hebden Bridge on the Todmorden road the viaduct was built in 1839/40 on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. An early example of skew arches. The bridge was originally bow string but was replaced about 1940 as a matter of neccesity by the metal…
Footbridge over the Elphin at Mytholmroyd - KEC00122
The wooden building straddling the river in the viaduct arch had at one time a cafe. The station platforms extended along the viaduct but also over hung it supported by the massive brackets seen here. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society…
The Footbridge and Railway Viaduct at Mytholmroyd - KEC00105
1960. Rear of the 'up' Manchester Platform across the viaduct. The platforms not only extended across the viaduct but overhung it supported by massive brackets as seen here. This was not without incident and on more than one occasion flags and and…
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - ALC00467
Whiteley Arches prior to the replacement of the Bow String Bridge in 1939.
Mytholmroyd Viaduct and 'up' Platform. - ALC00466
c.1960. The station platforms not only straddled the viaduct but also overhung it supported by massive brackets seen here looking towards Burnley Road. Both vehicles have Halifax registration plates.