ST. GEORGE'S BRIDGE, Hebden Bridge. was built in 1899, the cost being met by public subscription plus a grant from the West Riding County Council. The bridge had a very steep gradient, and before it was altered a chain horse was needed by loaded…
This view is of the spinning room and shows a pair of self-acting mules spinning cotton yarn from roving. The spindles are mounted in a moving carriage and move away from the drafting rollers, inserting twist. Usually in cotton spinning, the carriage…
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…
The vehicles are parked up in the disused yard of Hangingroyd Mill. The people in the centre are walking across the bridge over the river at the top of Valley Road. The yard is now site of Waterside Fold. Above is Nutclough Mill and above that double…
The vehicles in the foreground are on the yard of the derelict Hangingroyd Mill. The yard is now largely site of Waterside Fold. The vehicles across the road are in the yard of Hebden Shed or Works with Nutclough Mill above and above that double…
The vehicles in the foreground are on the yard of the derelict Hangingroyd Mill and the mill building on the left is straddling the river. The yard is now largely site of Waterside Fold. The vehicles across the road are in the yard of Hebden Shed or…
The lorries parked in the yard of the derelict Hangingroyd Mill now site of Waterside Fold at the top of Valley Road. The vehicle facing the camera, Curly, has a 1978/9 registration plate.
The lorries parked in the yard of the derelict Hangingroyd Mill now site of Waterside Fold at the top of Valley Road. The vehicle facing the camera has a 1978/9 registration plate.
From left to right across the picture, Calder Holmes Park, Riverside School, Blackpit Aqueduct, Melbourne Mill, and the former Neptune Inn. From a Geoff Boswell calendar, 2004. PH84.