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A Floodlit Ryburn Dam, Halifax - DPC00149
Ryburn Reservoir is a supply reservoir operated by Yorkshire Water close to Ripponden. It lies in the valley of the River Ryburn and is the lower of two reservoirs built to supply Wakefield with water. Started in 1925 it was completed in 1933 and has…
Odeon Cinema, Halifax - DPC00119
'West of Shanghai' is a 1937 film about a Chinese warlord, who holds a group of oilmen and missionaries hostage in a remote Chinese outpost.
'52nd Street' - 1937 film of how 52nd Street became New York City's "Nightclub Row" in the 1930s.
'52nd Street' - 1937 film of how 52nd Street became New York City's "Nightclub Row" in the 1930s.
Greetland Station Goods Yard, July 1938. - NGH00105
View of the goods yard or sidings looking down the line in the Elland direction. The station closed in 1962 and an oil terminal was built on the site of the goods yard.
DC Generators - HLS01014
Hebden Bridge Urban District Council Electricity Works, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge circa 1930. H. M. Sutcliffe was Engineer & Manager circa 1920-1948.
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
DC Generators - HLS01013
Hebden Bridge Urban District Council Electricity Works, Valley Road, Hebden Bridge circa 1930. H. M. Sutcliffe was Engineer & Manager circa 1920-1948.
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
The new electricity works of Hebden Bridge District Council opened on 17th February 1904 at…
Wainhouse Tower Jubilee, Halifax - DPC00138
The Jubilee Illumination of Wainhouse Tower, May 1935
Rochdale Canal in Hebden Bridge - DTA00158
Work in progress on the restoration of the Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge. The bridge is the Calder Holmes Footbridge c1938.
Memorial Gardens, Hebden Bridge - DTA00123
The Memorial Gardens were opened in 1935 to commemorate the dead of the First World War.
Ted Hughes Birthplace at Mytholmroyd - DBC00102
The West Yorkshire house in which the late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes was born.
Ted Hughes lived at the three-bedroomed end-terrace at 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, near Hebden Bridge, from his birth on 17 August 1930 until 1938. At least eight…
Ted Hughes lived at the three-bedroomed end-terrace at 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd, near Hebden Bridge, from his birth on 17 August 1930 until 1938. At least eight…
No 1 Aspinall Street, Mytholmroyd - DBC00101
The house where the former Poet Laureate, Edward James " Ted" Hughes, (17 August 1930 - 28 October 1998) was born. Ted was only 7 years old when he moved with his family to Mexborough in South Yorkshire, but it is widely believed that his early years…
Machine Room at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00143
Possibly Harry Moss on right.
Interior of the Blowing Room at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00141
This view shows a scutcher, the final process in the Blowing Room. The large roll of cotton, called a 'lap' has been 'doffed' and has a lap rod inserted through the centre, ready to go to the carding machine in the Cardroom. A pile of lap rods is…
Spinning at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00140
This view in the Spinning Room shows ring spinning frames, an alternative process for the production of cotton yarn to the self-acting mule. Rovings from the roving frame are placed in the creel and the ends threaded through the roller drafting…
Doubling at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00139
These machines are ring doubling frames, made by Howard & Bullough Ltd, Globe Works, Accrington, the world's largest maker of ring frames. They are making a folded (two or more folds) yarn. Bobbins from the bobbin winding frames are placed in the…
Cutting Cloth at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00136
Alex Wild at work.
Cutting at Nutclough Mill, c1930 - CWS00132
Archie Wild of Netherwood.
Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge, c1930 - CWS00130
Continuing machine stiffening, drying and strengthening.
Archie Wild Hand Cutting Corduroy, c1930 - CWS00128
At Nutclough Mill.
