Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today. To the right the tall chimney of the former Calderside Mill.
Middle Bank and Valve House, opened October 1st 1907. Final stages of construction. For more information see 'City in the Hills' published by Hebden Bridge Local History Society
The earliest recorded mill on this site, in a small ravine below the village of Wainstalls, was around 1810. Between 1821 and 1831 a number of small mills were constructed here, which has four water wheels between…