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The skew bridge passing over the Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme with a clear span of 101 ft. The castellated abutments of solid masonry were brought from Knowlwood Quarry. Along with Whiteley Arches at Charlestown this was one of the first bow string…

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The pediment of Todmorden town Hall can just be seen on the left, centre is the partially demolished former Co-op building, the tower of Cross Stone Church can be seen on the sky lineAugust 2000

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Machpelah Works (the building next to the barge) was owned by Trevor Smith, it was offices and workshops until the upper floors were converted into flats in (20??). Trevor Smith’s company, TT Surveys, which was concerned with marine seismic survey…

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Looking towards Sowerby Bridge prior to restoration of the canal and tow path in the 1980s.

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Mons Mill, Todmorden was a cotton spinning mill in Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire for the Hare Spinning Company Limited. It was built in 1907, but ran into financial difficulties. It passed over to the Mons Mill (1919) Co Ltd and then was…

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1904/05 and a busy industrial scene, looking east towards Todmorden. To the right can be seen a section of the long, low viaduct, and further in the distance the bow string bridge with its castellated abutments. In the centre foreground is the…

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Photo taken at the junction of New Road and Commercial Street. Believed to be a visit by Winston Churchill to Hebden Bridge, probably in the early 1940s.

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Situated on the Rochdale Canal between Todmorden and Littleborough

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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.

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Officially called Todmorden Library Lock, No 19. The road goes over the canal by means of the Golden Lion Bridge.

The road was widened here in the 1920s; to allow the lock to remain full length it is believed that a guillotine, or vertically…

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By the amount of interest being shown here, this is probably the installation of the lock c. 1933.

The road was widened here in the 1920s; to allow the lock to remain full length it is believed that a guillotine, or vertically rising, gate was…
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