Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - PNH00766
Building, Canal, Canalside Mill, Crane, Hebden Bridge, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Mill, People at Work, Railway, Rochdale Canal, Transport, Viaduct, Whiteley Arches
1939. Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today.
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Whiteley Arches - ALC00423
Buildings, Canal, Canals, Canalside Mill, Charlestown, King Street, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Mill, Mills, Places, Railway, Railways, Rochdale Canal, Snow, Street Names, Transport, Viaduct, Whiteley Arches
1933. The bowstring bridge over the Rochdale Canal; when built in 1840 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway it was one of the first such in the country. It was replaced in 1939 with the metal trough bridge we see today. To the left Canalside Mill built before the railway by John Whiteley after whom the viaduct is locally named, originally it was Charlestown Viaduct.
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Charlestown and Whiteley Arches c1918 - ALC00422
Canal, Calderside Mill, Charlestown, Church, Churches & Chapels, Eaves Mills, King Street, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Manchester & Leeds Railway, Mill, Mills, Minster, Mytholm, Mytholm Mill, Railway, Rochdale Canal, St James, St James', Transport, Viaduct, Whiteley Arches
The steel bow string bridge was designed by George Stephenson and was one of the earliest of its type. He was employed by Manchester & Leeds Railway when the line was built in the late 1830's. The line was opened in October 1840 except for the section through Summit Tunnel which opened in March 1841.
Strengthening work on the bridge was carried out in 1890 for widening the line between Mytholmroyd and Hebden.
The road beyond the bridge is King Street.
St James and Heptonstall New Church can also be seen on the right.
One of the two Eaves Mills, top centre right, still standing prior to demolition at the end of the First World War; below it Mytholm Mill and St James Church. Bottom left Canalside Mill next to Whiteley Arches.
Information from David Cant
The tall chimney, built in 1842, at 300 feet was said to be the tallest chimney in the district. The terraces just right of centre are on Savile Road.
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