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Plate layers at work - PNH01245
Can anyone identify the site? This looks very much like a volunteer gang. As there is only a single track it is almost certainly a heritage line.
Walshaw Dean Reservoir - PNH01235
Middle Bank and Valve House, opened October 1st 1907. Final stages of construction. For more information see 'City in the Hills' published by Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Steam Engine Peace - PNH01211
Stripped for repair at Queen Street Mill.
Piece Hall, Halifax - PNH00962
In 1871 the Piece Hall adapted to the times and bcame a Wholesale Fruit & Vegetable market. This photograph may have been taken in the 1920s or 1930s.
Gauxholme, Shade School - PNH00833
The newly built Shade School in 1904. Righthand corner the skew bridge over the Rochdale Canal with its castellated buttresses.
Gauxholme Viaduct. - PNH00832
General view pre-1914 over the No. 1 Viaduct and canal bridge looking up towards Walsden.
Todmorden - 19th Century General View. - PNH00831
PNH00831. View across the town with the Railway Station centre left. The locomotive and wagons date the photo at around 1880.
Halifax, General View. - PNH00821
PNH00821 c.1970. Looking across the station and good yards. On the far right at the bottom of Horton Street is the large 1885 double bay entrance building, replaced in the 1980s. The sidings under the footbridge, centre, are in course of being…
Mytholmroyd - General View. - PNH00816
Date unknown but prior to the construction of Calder High School in 1950. Cragg Road in the foreground.
Hebden Bridge - Aerial view 1958. - PNH00803
Dated 24th October 1958.
Hebden Bridge - Station Road and Machpelah. - PNH00780
Winter view from the north hillside over Hebden Bridge station and Machpelah. Old Town Mill chimney on the skyline
Whiteley Arches - PNH00767
Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today. To the right the tall chimney of the former Calderside Mill.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - PNH00766
1939. Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - PNH00765
1939. Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - PNH00764
1939. Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today.
Todmorden RDC - PNH00717
Todmorden RDC horse drawn water cart . Todmorden RDC was created in 1894 the and name changed to Hepton RDC in the 1930s.
The picture shows the supply of water to the contractors working on the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs. Water…
The picture shows the supply of water to the contractors working on the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs. Water…
Lumb Falls, Crimsworth Dean, Hebden Bridge. - WMH01176
A promotional postcard published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) but unusually it was posted in Ghent, Belgium, to a Ghent address in November 1913. On the reverse as well as their usual discreet promotional message there is a red…
Reservoir Railway, Blake Dean, Nr. Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge - WMH00726
Undated postcard. One of the 15 engines used during the construction of the reservoirs at Walshaw Dean for Halifax Corporation. Work started in 1901. As well as transporting supplies and materials the railway was also used to transport the navvies…
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, Nr. Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge - WMH00719
Undated postcard. During the construction of Walshaw Dean reservoirs for Halifax Corporation a railway or tramway was built from near Heptonstall up to the sites to transport materials, supplies and the navvies from the shanty town near Heptonstall…
Trestle Bridge, Blake Dean, Nr. Hebden Bridge - WMH00711
Undated postcard and the sender's message reads:
"This bridge was a wood one and crossed from one Hill to the other it was put up when working at our Water works for the men it is now blown down as it began to rot & one lady was looking over when one…
"This bridge was a wood one and crossed from one Hill to the other it was put up when working at our Water works for the men it is now blown down as it began to rot & one lady was looking over when one…
L&YR - Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00644
Promotional postcard date stamped September 1910. The first in a series using this photo published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. On the reverse there is the Company's crest but no promotional message.
The photo shows the Walshaw Waterfall…
The photo shows the Walshaw Waterfall…
LY&R Postcard, Series 2 of Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge. - WMH00126
Postcard date stamped September 1917. Second of a series published by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway using this photo promoting cheap rail fares to Hebden Bridge for Hardcastle Crags. The promotional text on the reverse of the card…
Todmorden Town Hall - TAS03249
Taken from Birdcage Walk.