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Opened in February 1901, this fine building has had a number of names since that time. Its fortunes have varied over the decades, and was purchased by Halifax Borough Council in 1960. Amongst other things, it hosted pop groups in the 1960s, wrestling…

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Carrying Station Road over the Calder it was built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1850 to replace a wooden trestle bridge which had been built when the station opened in 1840. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Carrying Station Road over the Calder it was built by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1850 to replace a wooden trestle bridge which had been built when the station opened in 1840. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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Bridge, dated on keystone 1851. Rock faced stone. 2-span segmental arches carried on bullnosed and chamfered breakwaters. Band and parapet. Bank supported by angled buttresses which slope down to waters edge with copings terminating in…

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Bridge, dated on keystone 1851. Rock faced stone. 2-span segmental arches carried on bullnosed and chamfered breakwaters. Band and parapet. Bank supported by angled buttresses which slope down to waters edge with copings terminating in…

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Victoria Bridge, Sowerby Bridge

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The bridge carrying Station Road over the River Calder. Above the bridge is part of the former gas holder on Station Road. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive

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The bridge carrying Station Road over the River Calder dates from 1850 and replaced a wooden trestle bridge.

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This bridge carries the road toi the railway station.

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The Victoria Inn is a traditional town centre hostelry, situated in the middle of Alston.

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The lodge, at the entrance to New Cragg Hall. The hall was enlarged in 1904 by Helen and William Simpson-Hinchliffe, but destroyed by fire in 1921. The lodge is shown here with its original archway. This archway was later widened by them to allow…

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This is the bridge taking the Sowerby Bridge to Halifax railway over Wakefield Road at Copley.

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This must have been a special event, but what, where and when?

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Either the ventilation shaft to Castle Carr Tunnel 200 m W of Weavers Gate footpath.
Ventilation shaft for waterworks underground conduit, 1870s by John la Trobe Bateman, engineer. Large dressed stone plinth, rockfaced walls, ashlar…

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Southgate, Halifax packed with dancers and spectators at 10 p.m. During the war we had double summer time.
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