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Rochdale Canal ay Mayroyd, Hebden Bridge, prior to its restoration.

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The Rochdale Canal opened in stages as sections were completed, with the Rochdale Branch the first in 1798 and further sections in 1799. The bottom nine locks opened in 1800 and boats using the Ashton Canal could reach Manchester. Officially, the…

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The canal basin, Hebden Bridge. Now rebuilt as a Marina.

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The reservoir was designed by J. F. Bateman for Halifax Corporation to provide a water supply from Widdop to Halifax, 8 miles away.
It was constructed under an Act of Parliament passed in 1868. The first sod was cut on 26th July 1871 by Mayor H. C.…

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Widdop Road on the moors between Hebden Bridge and Colne, here looking in the Hebden Bridge direction.

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Work in progress on the restoration of the Rochdale Canal in the centre of Hebden Bridge.

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Work in progress on the restoration of the Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge. On the right is Riverside School.

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Work in progress on the restoration of the Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge. The bridge is the Calder Holmes Footbridge c1938.

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Work in progress on the restoration of the Rochdale Canal near the Neptune, Hebden Bridge

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Rochdale Canal at Mayroyd, Hebden Bridge, showing the derelict lock prior to restoration.

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Reconstruction of the Gibbet, Halifax

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Calder Valley with Stoodley Pike in the distance

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Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall. Top Pump is on the left.

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Work in progress on the restoration of the Rochdale Canal at Neptune, Hebble End, Hebden Bridge.
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