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Woodhouse Mill - MOT00175
Woodhouse Mill, built in 1832, was sited directly alongside the Rochdale Canal to take advantage of the transport facilities and process water. The small engine house can be seen on the left of the mill. The chimney was detached from the mill in…
Robinwood Mill and Nott Wood Viaduct, Lydgate. - MOT00174
Robinwood c1910, a panorama of industry and communications with the 13 arch Nott Wood Viaduct on the Todmorden-Burnley line, the so called Copy Pit Line. Robinwood Mill, built in 1834, and purchased by Fielden Bros. in 1844, became the centre of…
Woodhouse Mill, Todmorden - MOT00173
Woodhouse Mill, seen from the towing path of the Rochdale Canal, c. 1906. The three-storey terrace of houses was called Bank View. The improvements and inventions of Hargreaves' spinning jenny, Crompton's mule, and later, Cartwright's power loom…
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.
The Skew Bridge at Gauxholme, Todmorden - MOT00140
The skew bridge passing over the Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme with a clear span of 101 ft. The castellated abutments of solid masonry were brought from Knowlwood Quarry. Along with Whiteley Arches at Charlestown this was one of the first bow string…
The Canal and Railway at Walsden. - MOT00136
When the railway was constructed in the late 1830s the canal had to be diverted to make way for the deep railway cutting. The line of the canal originally ran closer to the cottages on Square Road, via the present railway bridge and through what is…
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.
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 view of Naze Road from Watty Lane, off Bacup Road - MOT00125
This is a good example of an upland route taken by packhorses in the years prior to the construction of the turnpike roads and canal.
The Canal at Sowerby Bridge - SWA00120
Narrowboats on the wharf. Wainhouse Tower in the distance.
Sowerby Bridge - SWA00108
Sowerby Bridge is situated at the junction of the narrow Calder and Hebble Navigation and the broader Rochdale Canal. In the heyday of the canals, in the 1800s, the wharf here was a busy trans-shipment area for goods being moved from one canal to the…
View over Todmorden - SWA00104
View over Todmorden with the Rochdale Canal restoration in progress. 1984. Ref: 67-512
Canal Basin, Sowerby Bridge - SWA00102
Ref: 67-449
View over Hebden Bridge - SWA00100
Ref: 67-6897
Black Pit Lock at Hebden Bridge - LLG00288
The Rochdale Canal looking towards Hebble End
The Little Theatre, Hebden Bridge - LLG00270
The new building is under construction at the same time as the old building is being demolished. The red brick building is the Trades Club on Holme Street.
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre - LLG00128
The rear of the theatre on Holme Street, newly constructed in 1993.
Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge - LLG00120
Paul & Diana Monahan on their canal boat.
Rochdale Canal near Hebden Bridge - JSB00200
The canal prior to restoration
The Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge, March 1970 - JSB00197
The houses of the Stubbing Area are on the left.
Rochdale Canal Hebden Bridge c1960 before restoration - JSB00140
Mayroyd Mill can be seen on the left, with the houses of Lime Avenue, off Heptonstall Road, towards the top of the picture.
Derelict Lock on the Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge - JSB00139
Stubbing Wharf bridge is centre picture.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge - JSB00137
Looking towards the back of the Stubbing Wharf Inn, Mytholm, before the restoration of the canal.