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Sowerby Bridge Panorama. - LYR00120
LYRS 2783n - Sowerby Bridge - panorama of town with the station in the foreground. This station was built in the late 1870s when the branch to Ripponden was opened. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with canopies and a large imposing…
Sowerby Bridge Mill, built 1792. - JNB00549
The joining of the River Ryburn and the Calder, there is evidence of a mill on this site in 1274. Postcard dated 1992.
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 General View. - LYR00121
LYRS 2786 - Sowerby Bridge - general view of the town looking east across the station & coal yard and drops.
This station was built in the late 1870s when the branch to Ripponden was opened. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with…
This station was built in the late 1870s when the branch to Ripponden was opened. There were six platforms, now reduced to two, all with…
Sowerby Bridge First Railway Station 1856 - LYR00118
LYRS 2781 - Sowerby Bridge - old station. The first station at Sowerby Bridge opened in October 1840 with the opening of the Manchester & Leeds Railway between Hebden bridge and Normanton. It was situated between Sowerby Tunnel and Rochdale Road and…
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 - Watson Crossing. - LYR00110
LYRS 1391 - Hughes 0-4-0RM No 1 heading west at Watson's Crossing, a Halt on the Rishworth Branch. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original intention had been to tunnel under Blackstone Edge…
Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00112
LYRS 2577 - Watson Crossing Halt - general view circa 1957 looking towards Sowerby Bridge and the west portal of Ripponden Tunnel under Scarr Head. The Branch from Sowerby Bridge to Ripponden opened in 1878 and on to Rishworth in 1881. The original…
Sowerby Bridge - Watson Crossing Halt. - LYR00111
LYRS 2576a - Watson Crossing Halt - general view looking towards Ripponden. The Branch 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…
Sowerby Bridge - TWA00258
SOWERBY BRIDGE was the subject of a paper by H. P. Kendall in the 1915 Transactions.
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
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…
Sowerby Bridge - Rishworth Branch. - LYR00116
LYRS 6094 - 1963. Ripponden Tunnel - east portal behind Sowerby Bridge Station (bricked up). 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…
Sowerby Bridge - Rishworth Branch. - LYR00114
LYRS 0663 - Railmotor No 8 on Ripponden Branch at Sowerby Bridge. 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…
Sowerby Bridge - Ripponden Tunnel. - LYR00115
LYRS 3615 - Ripponden Tunnel under Scarr Head - West portal viewed from Watson Crossing. The Branch 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…
Sowerby Bridge - Panorama of Rail Track. - LYR00131
LYRS 3500 - Sowerby Bridge - panorama of trackwork. Note the unusual signals hanging from the gantry. The Goods Yards and Sidings were all lifted and the locomotive depot demolished in 1965 although the base of the water tower and coaling stage has…
Sowerby Bridge - LYR00119
LYRS 3501 - Sowerby Bridge - view in town before widening of the railway bridge for the new station c1870. The Town Hall tower visible above the bridge.
Sowerby Bridge - JNB00548
Part of the old packhorse route, known as the Old Cawsey. Postcard dated 1992.
Sowerby Bridge - JNB00546
Postcard dated 1991
Sowerby Bridge - Goods Yard and Locomotive Depot. - LYR00122
LYRS 2777n -1937. Sowerby Bridge - general view of track formation, loco depot, Goods Yard and West Signal Box taken from the top of Sowerby Tunnel.
Sowerby Bridge was the main operating centre for the Upper Calder Valley with a large engine and…
Sowerby Bridge was the main operating centre for the Upper Calder Valley with a large engine and…
Sowerby Bridge - EIL00466
South View, Wallis Street, Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge