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Water powered mills on the line of Lumbutts Clough - MOT00151
Water powered mills on the line of Lumbutts Clough in Causey Wood.
Causey Wood Mill was constructed by Firth and Haworth in 1826 for cotton spinning. At the time of this photograph it had been derelict for some years and was demolished soon after…
Causey Wood Mill was constructed by Firth and Haworth in 1826 for cotton spinning. At the time of this photograph it had been derelict for some years and was demolished soon after…
Pioneer Mill, Walsden - MOT00371
Mule Spinners at Pioneer Mill, Walsden c1912 - The mill was built by the Pioneer Mill Company which had been formed to celebrate the jubilee of the Walsden Co-operative Society. The corner stone of the new mill (actually named 'Jubilee' Mill) was…
People start to arrive - MOT00544
People start to arrive at the Making of Todmorden exhibition at Todmorden Town Hall
Hill Farming & The Growth of the Cottage Industry - MOT00116
Three hundred years ago, most of the population would be found in the farms and cottages on the upland "shelf", in areas such as Shore, Mankinholes and Bottomley. Families were self-sufficient, growing and producing most of their own food and…
A Canal Boat at Waterside, 1904. - MOT00126
A canal boat off-loading stone at the corporation yard at Waterside, 1904.
With the use of water power, the output of cloth increased. This increase in trade saw the opening up of the valleys and the construction of Turn Pike Roads, with their…
With the use of water power, the output of cloth increased. This increase in trade saw the opening up of the valleys and the construction of Turn Pike Roads, with their…
A Local Carter and his Team - MOT00127
A local carter and his team hauling a load towards the upland; this often required the assistance of one or more chain horses, as illustrated here.
With the use of water power, the output of cloth increased. This increase in trade saw the opening…
With the use of water power, the output of cloth increased. This increase in trade saw the opening…
Toll Bar Charges - MOT00128
Toll charges shown on the board at Steanor Bottom Bar.
Cross Stone, 1887 - MOT00129
A family group photographed outside the toll house on Cross Stone Road in 1887.
Steanor Bottom Toll House - MOT00130
The toll house was built in 1847-8, at the junction of Rochdale and Calderbrook roads. For many years the toll board was blanked out by an imitation window frame.
Auction notice for Collection of Tolls - MOT00131
Toll House to let ad
The Summit Inn - MOT00132
The turnpike road at Summit, near the Todmorden - Littleborough border. In 1905 it became a terminus for the Rochdale Corporation Tramways.
The Rochdale Canal - MOT00133
Mabel' passing 'Ellen' at Derdale. All the Rochdale Canal Company boats were named after women or flowers. In this photograph, flour from Stansfield Corn Mill is being hoisted into the barge.
View over Derdale, Todmorden - MOT00134
Panorama of the Derdale industrial area being served by barges on the Rochdale Canal. Centre left part of the town centre viaduct.
On the Rochdale Canal at Sandholme - MOT00135
The crew of a canal boat consisted of captain, bosun and horse man. This photograph also shows members of the captain's family who, from the 1850s, were allowed to travel with the boat.
The Railway Cutting at Winterbutlee, Walsden. - MOT00138
Loco number 10747. Built at Horwich Works, went into service June 1896, withdrawn November 1936
Building the 'Great Wall of Todmorden', 1881. - MOT00142
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company had to build a double retaining wall alongside the canal side at Salford due to land subsidence but also to extend the goods yard.
Todmorden Station - MOT00143
Viewed from Dobroyd Road in 1866, a year after the station was enlarged. The warehouses in the foreground are served by a branch line developed and used by Fielden Bros. Ltd for cotton goods. This shows the goods yard before it was extended in 1881…
Portsmouth Station c1910, on the Copy Pit Line - MOT00144
Looking up the line. The buildings in the background were stores for wood, used in the manufacture of bobbins by Wilson Bros of Cornholme.
Portsmouth Station on the Copy Pit Line. - MOT00145
An early saddle tank engine on the level crossing at Portsmouth Station, 1890s. The loco - No.541 - was built for the L & Y Railway in 1877 and withdrawn from service in 1936.
View over Todmorden - MOT00146
General view of Todmorden from Sunnyside in the early 1900s, with the main Manchester to Leeds railway lines arcing away to the left. The triangle not yet developed here.
View over Salford area of Todmorden - MOT00147
A view of the station goods yard overlooking the Salford area. Caleb Hoyle's private coal wagons can be seen in the siding. On the hillside can be seen the Unitarian Church built by the Fieldens.
Todmorden station in the early 1900s. - MOT00148
Todmorden station in the early 1900s.
Todmorden - MOT00149
View of the central railway triangle, taken from Ridgefoot in the late 19th Century showing the coal chutes on Stansfield Road, and beyond, the triangle with a void at its centre. Immediately beyond the coal chutes on the left is the Stansfield, or…
Todmorden Triangle - MOT00150
View of the central railway triangle in the late 1920s viewed from Hallroyd Bridge, with the triangle filled in and used as a marshalling area. The tracks to the right the 1862 fork to Stansfield Hall Junction and to Burnley whilst those on the left…
Gorpley Mill, Bacup Road - MOT00159
Gorpley Mill was built in 1805, initially as a fulling and perching mill for wool, but later converted to cotton spinning. Until 1838 it was powered by water from Midgelden Brook (the upper and lower water-wheel races can be seen on the left in this…