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The Todmorden Gas Company - MOT00442
The Todmorden Gas Company, an independent enterprise, was formed around 1848. In 1887 the Local Board were in favour of purchasing the gas company, but the asking price £69,569, was too high and it was not until 1893, when the Gas Purchases Act was…
The Swing Bridge over the Rochdale Canal at Brearley - RSC00204
Brearley is situated between Mytholmroyd and Luddendenfoot.
The Swing Bridge over the Rochdale Canal - RSC00205
The bridge is situated just outside Mytholmroyd.
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 Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge, March 1970 - JSB00197
The houses of the Stubbing Area are on the left.
The Rochdale Canal at Machpelah, Hebden Bridge - BIM00247
Machpelah Works (the building next to the barge) was owned by Trevor Smith, it was offices and workshops until the upper floors were converted into flats in (20??). Trevor Smith’s company, TT Surveys, which was concerned with marine seismic survey…
The Rochdale Canal at Luddenden Foot - ANP00125
Looking towards Sowerby Bridge prior to restoration of the canal and tow path in the 1980s.
The Railway Line at Copperashouse - BIM00258
Looking towards Littleborough
The Railway and Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme - RDA00145
1904/05 and a busy industrial scene, looking east towards Todmorden. To the right can be seen a section of the long, low viaduct, and further in the distance the bow string bridge with its castellated abutments. In the centre foreground is the…
The Old Lock-keepers House, Summit, Todmorden, 1973 - TNC00195
Situated on the Rochdale Canal between Todmorden and Littleborough
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.
The Guillotine Lock, Todmorden - TAS00304
Officially called Todmorden Library Lock, No 19. The road goes over the canal by means of the Golden Lion Bridge.
The road was widened here in the 1920s; to allow the lock to remain full length it is believed that a guillotine, or vertically…
The road was widened here in the 1920s; to allow the lock to remain full length it is believed that a guillotine, or vertically…
The Guillotine lock, Todmorden - TAS00303
By the amount of interest being shown here, this is probably the installation of the lock c. 1933.
The road was widened here in the 1920s; to allow the lock to remain full length it is believed that a guillotine, or vertically rising, gate was…
The road was widened here in the 1920s; to allow the lock to remain full length it is believed that a guillotine, or vertically rising, gate was…
The Completed Bridge , July 1986 - RSC00215
Just outside Mytholmroyd, the bridge is now known as Moderna Bridge
The Canal, Sowerby Bridge - BIM01038
The end of the Calder & Hebble Navigation at the entrance to the massive lock under Rochdale Road and Tuel Lane wher it joins onto the Rochdale Canal.