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Mytholmroyd Station - Platform support brackets - LYR00202
LYRS 6063 - 1962. The platforms not only ran the length of the viaduct but also overhung it supported by these massive iron brackets. Not entirely without incidents:
"A few months ago a large flagstone dropped out of the platform at Mytholmroyd…
"A few months ago a large flagstone dropped out of the platform at Mytholmroyd…
Bridge at West Vale - TWA00123
3 of the 4 arch viaduct that carries the railway over the Canal and River Calder at West Vale.
Bridges at Mytholmroyd, 1960 - HLS00159
Showing the 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…
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…
Bus on Burnley Road, Todmorden - TAS00132
North Street, between the Town Hall and the viaduct, Todmorden. The building underneath the arch housed road salt. Note the train on the viaduct.
Bus number 2, registration number C-1503 and with its replacement single deck body following an…
Bus number 2, registration number C-1503 and with its replacement single deck body following an…
Bus on Burnley Road, Todmorden - TAS00133
North Street, Burnley Road, Todmorden. The 3 storey buuilding in the centre of the picture is where the market is today.
This was the early terminus for bus services along Burnley Road. The vehicle in shot is believed to be a Ryknield, number 5.…
This was the early terminus for bus services along Burnley Road. The vehicle in shot is believed to be a Ryknield, number 5.…
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - ALC00467
Whiteley Arches prior to the replacement of the Bow String Bridge in 1939.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - PNH00764
1939. Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - PNH00765
1939. Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - PNH00766
1939. Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today.
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…
Charlestown and Whiteley Arches c1918 - ALC00422
The steel bow string bridge was designed by George Stephenson and was one of the earliest of its type. He was employed by Manchester & Leeds Railway when the line was built in the late 1830's. The line was opened in October 1840 except for the…
Copley Viaduct and Bridge. - LYR00158
LYRS 3561 - Copley Viaduct climbing up to Copley Station and Halifax with bridge over the River Calder on the Calder Valley Main Line in LMS period with a goods or coal train heading west towards Milner Royd Junction.
Copley Viaducts, Halifax. - JCA00330
In the foreground the three arch viaduct on the original M&LR Calder Valley Main Line. Behind it the impressive 23 arch viaduct completed 1851 on the WRU line from Milner Royd Junction up to Dryclough Junction south of Halifax Station.
Copley Viaducts, Halifax. - JCA00331
Original postcard. In the foreground the three arch viaduct on the original M&LR Calder Valley Main Line. Behind it the impressive 23 arch viaduct completed 1851 on the WRU line from Milner Royd up to Dryclough Junction south of Halifax 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…
Floods at Patmos, Todmorden - RDA00159
Looking down Burnley Road towards the town centre viaduct. Date unknown.
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…
Gauxholme Arches, Todmorden - TAL00224
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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.
Gauxholme Viaduct. - PNH00832
General view pre-1914 over the No. 1 Viaduct and canal bridge looking up towards Walsden.
Gauxholme, Shade School - PNH00833
The newly built Shade School in 1904. Righthand corner the skew bridge over the Rochdale Canal with its castellated buttresses.