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Clayton, Manchester - JGC00112
Probably trolley bus wires. c1950.
Bridge over Rochdale Canal - JGC00111
Butler Lane lock, Lock 81, in Miles Platting.
6th April, 1908.
6th April, 1908.
Rochdale Canal, Manchester - JGC00108
The very last lock of the Rochdale Canal before it goes into Castlefield, where it joined the Bridgewater Canal.
Dale Street, Manchester - JGC00107
The beginning of both the Ashton Canal, straight ahead, and the Rochdale Canal, to the left. The Rochdale Canal continues to Castlefield where it joins the Bridgewater Canal.
Bridgewater Canal, Castlefield - JGC00106
West end of the tunnel at Gaythorn. 29th September 1899.
Considered by many to be the first canal in England, the Bridgewater was engineered by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater to transport coal from his mines at Worsley to the growing…
Considered by many to be the first canal in England, the Bridgewater was engineered by James Brindley for the Duke of Bridgewater to transport coal from his mines at Worsley to the growing…
Rochdale Canal - JGC00105
Minshull Street, Manchester. Juvenile Court is in background.
Ashton Canal - JGC00104
Note the narrow lock. The area around it has now been redeveloped as an industrial estate.
Built by Benjamin Outram and completed in 1797, the Ashton Canal closed in 1961 and reopened in 1974.
Built by Benjamin Outram and completed in 1797, the Ashton Canal closed in 1961 and reopened in 1974.
Rochdale Canal - JGC00103
Whalley Street, Ancoats area of Manchester
East End of Gaythorn Tunnel, Manchester - JGC00102
The Deansgate Lock. The tunnel carries the Rochdale Canal under Deansgate and into Castlefield Basin where it joins the Bridgewater Canal.
Ten Acres Bridge, Newton Heath, Manchester - JGC00101
This bridge carrying Ten Acres Lane over the Rochdale Canal has since been replaced.
Mytholmroyd - General View. - ALC01015
PNH00860. View across the town from the north hillside. Date unknown but before Caldene Avenue was built.
Fallingroyd Bridge, near Hebden Bridge - ALC00698
Alice Longstaff is standing on the bridge, the clog factory is in the background.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge. - ALC00619
West side of Hebble End Bridge over the Rochdale Canal before the bridge was widened in 1963.
Tram at Fallingroyd - ALC00605
Tram on Fallingroyd Bridge half way between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. The 'S' shaped bridge was an infamous black spot before it was re-aligned and the sign reads DEATH TRAP
Gauxholme Bridge - ALC00601
A horse drawn barge passing under the cast iron bow string bridge over the Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme near Todmorden with castellated twin Gothic tower abutments. The reinforcement beneath the deck was added in about 1905 to strengthen it.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - ALC00467
Whiteley Arches prior to the replacement of the Bow String Bridge in 1939.
View over Hebden Bridge Station and Canal - ALC00465
Probably about 1900. Bottom right the 'new' station built in 1891/2 and to its left the large station goods warehouse. Across Calder Holmes from it the extensive Crossley's mill.
Charlestown General View. - ALC00461
Re-aligned tracks and line of the notorious Charlestown Curve to its left. The curve was built as a temporary detour in 1840 and remained for over 80 years and was the cause of several derailments including a serious accident in 1912 killing four…