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Undated postcard. Bottom centre is Scout Road leading to its junction with Cragg Road. Bottom left are the railings of the Weslyan Chapel. Running above the top of the buildings is the railway viaduct.

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Postcard with August 1913 postmark. A long, westbound passenger train is passing Mytholmroyd station.

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Across the lower part of the photo are Mytholmroyd Station and Goods Shed with the structures on the Manchester 'up' line supported on stilts and the platforms extending over the viaduct. In the centre of this photo can be seen St Michael’s Church…

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On the left workmen are repairing the viaduct fence. The platforms not only ran along the viaduct but also extended over the sides, supported by massive iron brackets, hence the reason for fencing instead of the usual stone parapet.

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Between the wars postcard. Diagonally to the left of St Michael's Church is the rear of the railway station with the overhanging timber buildings on the 'up' platform supported on stilts.

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Callis Mill, seen from Bank Top, Eastwood, looking towards Hebden Bridge.

Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Bowling green and pavilion and above the trees the gable end of the large Station Warehouse demolished following a fire in 1969. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Carrying Station Road over the Calder it was built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1850 to replace a wooden trestle bridge which had been built when the station opened in 1840. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Carrying Station Road over the Calder it was built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1850 to replace a wooden trestle bridge which had been built when the station opened in 1840. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The bridge carrying Station Road over the River Calder. Above the bridge is part of the former gas holder on Station Road. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Across Calder Holme is Crossley Mill destroyed by fire in 1964; bottom right the two bays and hoist of the station warehouse destroyed by fire 1969. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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With nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949 the Hebden Royd's municipal gas works ere closed and subsequently demolishes as seen here. The 57ft chimney was left standing until 1956 when "carefully" brought down because of the gas mains under the…

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With nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949 the Hebden Royd's municipal gas works were closed and subsequently demolishes as seen here. The 57ft chimney was left standing until 1956 when "carefully" brought down because of the gas mains under…

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Long lost scene. Far left the Crow Nest Gas Works, to the right semaphore signals and water turret, towards the centre the long demolished Victoria Mill and to its left the apex of the station warehouse demolished in 1969. Part of the Hebden Bridge…

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"At 105 feet high the trestle bridge carrying Blakedean railway across the valley remained a stunning spectacle for over a decade in the early years of the 20th century. Enoch Tempest commissioned architect William Henry Cockcroft and engineer George…

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Possibly near Charlestown, Hebden Bridge. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Looking west up the valley to the chimney of Calderside Mill next to Whiteley Arches. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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In the bottom the Manchester & Leeds Railway which has just crossed Whiteley Arches. Above Oakville Road coming down to King Street. Savile bowling green can be seen at the top of the picture. Just below the centre is the electricity sub-station.…

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West of Hebden Bridge on the Todmorden road the viaduct was built in 1839/40 on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. An early example of skew arches. The bridge was originally bow string but was replaced about 1940 as a matter of neccesity by the metal…

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West of Hebden Bridge on the Todmorden road the viaduct was built in 1839/40 on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. An early example of skew arches. The bridge was originally bow string but was replaced about 1940 as a matter of neccesity by the metal…

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The wooden building straddling the river in the viaduct arch had at one time a cafe. The station platforms extended along the viaduct but also over hung it supported by the massive brackets seen here. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society…

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1960. Rear of the 'up' Manchester Platform across the viaduct. The platforms not only extended across the viaduct but overhung it supported by massive brackets as seen here. This was not without incident and on more than one occasion flags and and…

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The steep hillside behind this engine might help determine where it is, but it is believed to be an engine used in the building of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. The hut behind the engine might indicate a stopping point of some sort.

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This train appears to be at a passing point on the track. The fields in the background might be useful in determining the location. The two men working the engine are possibly also represented in photo 21PC, although the engine doesn't appear to be…
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