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The aqueduct carrying the Rochdale Canal over the River Calder. On the left Central Dyeworks now enlarged and converted into apartments Above the aqueduct Queens Terrace on Heptonstall Road. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The charabanc is leaving Midgehole going towards Hebden Bridge. The road to the left goes down to New Bridge, and the mill when this was taken, and the road on the right to Hardcastle Crags gates. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society…

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Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The Rochdale Canal is lined with mills including Calder Mill with its tall chimney on the left. The chimney remains but the storeyed mill was destroyed by fire in 1964. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Hebden Bridge in the 1950s, with Buttress Brink on the left, Royd Terrace in the centre, Hole in the Wall on the right and Cross Lanes Chapel on the hill. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Boating was a popular activity on the mill pond at Gibson Mill and also, seen here, on Lord Holme Dam a little above the mill pond on the other side of the river.

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The horse drawn pleasure boat William passes what is now known as the Waterside Inn at Littleborough, which was originally known as the Railway Inn.

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This lock is number 87 Princess Street Lock.

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Probably Ashton-under-Lyne

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Either water wheel at Ashton-under-Lyne or one that was found under Dale Street car park.

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Probably trolley bus wires. c1950.

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Butler Lane lock, Lock 81, in Miles Platting.
6th April, 1908.

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The very last lock of the Rochdale Canal before it goes into Castlefield, where it joined the Bridgewater Canal.
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