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Rishworth Station. - LYR00102
LYRS 2590. Rishworth Station - general view along platform with Railmotor. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the…
Rishworth Station. - LYR00101
LYRS 0654. Hughes 0-4-0RM No 3 at Rishworth. The branch line from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge and re-join the Manchester line near Smithy…
Sowerby Bridge Loco Depot. - GEE00109
Mechanics and engine staff at Sowerby Bridge loco depot on an Aspinall 0-6-0 tender loco built in 1894. Post 1923, possibly late 1920s.
Sowerby Bridge Goods Depot. - GEE00108
L&YR Goods Wagon No. 026.
Sowerby Bridge Carriage Cleaners. - GEE00107
Following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 women were recruited to do many jobs previously done by men. Seen here a team of carriage cleaners posing for the camera at Sowerby Bridge Depot.
Sowerby Bridge - TWA00258
SOWERBY BRIDGE was the subject of a paper by H. P. Kendall in the 1915 Transactions.
Mereclough Bridge, near Sowerby Bridge - TWA00241
MEARCLOUGH BRIDGE is a double-arch stone bridge over the river Calder at the foot of Fall Lane. As far back as 1300 there was a corn mill here run by water, and for nearly 500 years this mill was owned by the Waterhouse family of Skircoat. Mearclough…
Sowerby Bridge - TWA00148
Railway bridge, Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge - TWA00135
Bridge over main road, Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge - TWA00129
Railway bridge over Holmes Road near Sowerby Bridge Station, note the coal drops on the right.
Sowerby Bridge - TWA00112
Railway Bridge, Holmes Road, Sowerby Bridge. Circa 1960
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…
Canal Basin, Sowerby Bridge - SWA00102
Ref: 67-449
Sowerby Bridge, Riverside Developement, - JNB00540
Postcard dated 1992
Sowerby Bridge - JNB00546
Postcard dated 1991
Jack o' the Locks, Sowerby Bridge - DAH00210
by Martin Patrick
Charity Shop - LIL00157
Sowerby Bridge?
May's Bookshelf, Sowerby Bridge - LIL00145
Second hand books and odds and ends, mainly sold for charity
Culpan & Howarth, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge - LIL00125
Culpan & Howarth, Leather Shop, Wharf Street, Sowerby Bridge
Carlton Mill, Sowerby Bridge - KST00220
Carlton Mill, Sowerby Bridge. The building in the foregroung is Turks Head Inn.