The newly constructed the bridge over the River Calder in 1907. The bridge was opened in 1908 and appeared in the Engineering and Building journal, because it was the one of first pre-cast concrete bridges to be built in this country, as opposed to…
ESAU was one of 15 Bagnall locos used on the works line during construction of Walshaw Dean Reservoirs. On the footplate is Enoch Tempest the construction contractor and next to him,sitting on the coal, his nephew or grandson George Tempest. On the…
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.
Nick Wilding is pictured in conversation; it looks as though work has started on the conversion of the building to apartments. The building on the left is the former Calder valley club.