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Charlestown - Whiteley Arches c.1890. - RDA00140
Behind the viaduct is Calderside Mill built in the 1820s by John Whiteley, after whom the viaduct came to be named. Reputedly it had the tallest chimney in the valley.
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
The bridge over the canal was a very early skew bridge and also one of the very…
Rochdale Road, Todmorden - RDA00135
View over the town from the west. The remains of Fielden’s Waterside Mill, an old spinning mill built in 1800, can be seen on the right after a disastrous fire in 1901. The spire of the Unitarian Church, built by the Fieldens, is in the centre. The…
Waterside and Todmorden from the West - RDA00125
In the foreground is the railway line curving to the goods yard, with the station in the distance. Centre right is Fielden’s Waterside Mill next to the Rochdale Canal. To the right is the spire of the Unitarian Church, which was also built by the…
Gauxholme Bridge on the Rochdale Canal - RDA00124
Built by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and always known by them as Gauxholme Bridge but locally referred to as Coppras House Bridge. It was one of the very first Bow String Bridges in the country along with Whiteley Arches, near Hebden…
Sandholme, Todmorden. - RDA00123
Looking down the Calder Valley with the Rochdale Canal in the foreground. On the far hillside stands Cross Stone Church.
Todmorden Great Wall. - RDA00119
The brick 'Great Wall' supported the sidings and goods yard to the west of the station above the canal.
It is generally accepted that around 4 million bricks were used to construct the revetment known as the Great Wall of Todmorden. However,…
It is generally accepted that around 4 million bricks were used to construct the revetment known as the Great Wall of Todmorden. However,…
Gauxholme Viaduct & Bridge. - RDA00114
A rambling viaduct of 17 stone spans of 35ft and 1 of 60ft plus the iron span bridge over the Rochdale Canal, much plainer than its more famous neighbour to the east of the viaduct.
Rochdale Canal, Todmorden - RDA00111
In the centre of this photograph is the Golden Lion Bridge carrying the Rochdale Road over the canal. These lock gates were later replaced in the 1920s with a guillotine, or vertically rising, gate.
Luddendenfoot - TWA00147
Bridge over Canal, Luddendenfoot
Salterhebble - TWA00138
Footbridge at the locks at Salterhebble
Rochdale Canal, Todmorden - CRN00239
Going down Library Lock. 2002.
Rochdale Canal, Todmorden - CRN00238
Two boats entering Library Lock, 2002
Looking towards Wigan Pier on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal - PNH00212
Trencherfield Mill
Aerial view of Sowerby Bridge, c1978 - CBC06052
Starting in the top right corner we have the industial premises at the end of Walton Street and Sowerby Bridge Cricket Ground. The dark diagonal line is the River Calder flowing R to L. The thinner dark line is the Rochdale Canal, between the 2 is…
Rochdale Canal at Derdale,1984 - TNC00442.tif
Photo taken during the restoration of the Rochdale Canal.
Rochdale Canal at Derdale,1984 - TNC00441.tif
Photo taken during the restoration of the Rochdale Canal.
Rochdale Canal, Todmorden 1983 - TNC00384.tif
Library Lock Rochdale Canal
