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Mons Mill under Construction, 1908 - 9 - MOT00198
Its founder, Jonathan Gledhill, supervised the cutting of the first sod in June 1907.
Mons Mill under Construction, 1908 - 9 - MOT00197
The mill's founder, Jonathan Gledhill, supervised the cutting of the first sod in June 1907.
Flood Prevention Work, Mytholmroyd - HLS01061
Flood prevention work at County Bridge, Mytholmroyd reveals timber foundation of the bridge built 400 years ago.
Construction of Ryburn Reservoir - BRS00101
Looking downstream from the construction site. Photo taken around September 1928.
Oldfield Watson's Yard, Hebden Bridge. - WSC00135
This is an old Ruston Bucyrus Dragline crane that my father Douglas Watson bought from Hydrocon of Littleborough to build the Buttress Brink retaining wall in 1968.
After commissioning it here in our old yard, we tracked it up Hope Street and…
After commissioning it here in our old yard, we tracked it up Hope Street and…
Bridge Lanes demolition, 1963 - HBC00529
Croft Place is being demolished. The Black Bull Inn is on the left of Bridge Lanes, and the Methodist Church is on the right.
Bridge Lanes demolition, 1963 - HBC00528
Croft place is being demolished. The Black Bull Inn can just be seen on the right hand side of the picture.
Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge 1963. - HBC00527
Bridge Lanes near the junction with Heptonstall Road. The demolition of the Bridge Lanes houses is well under way.
Horsforth Station, Leeds - DNT00170
The station originally on the Leeds & Thirsk Railway (see Headingley Station) opened in 1849 and seen her with staff posing for the camera in NER days pre-1923. The station was de-staffed in 1969 and the buildings demolished. As a result of…
Hebden Bridge Station - Yard Crane and Goods Hoist. - LYR00221
LYRS6051 - Goods facilities were withdrawn in 1966 and the goods yard closed and dismantled. The warehouse was let for general storage but was demolished in 1969 following a serious fire. The site is now the station car park. . The square wood clad…
Hebden Bridge Station Warehouse - LYR00220
LYRS6050. The large double bay station warehouse in 1963 but with only one of the former three taking-in door hoists left. Goods facilities were withdrawn in 1966 and the warehouse let for general storage. It was demolished in 1969 following a…
Luddendenfoot Station - Goods Shed - LYR00187
LYRS6074. 1963 the Goods Shed and crane after closure of the station the previous year.
Engine Derailment at Todmorden Viaduct, September 1942. - MOT00474
Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…
Engine Derailment at Todmorden Viaduct, September 1942. - MOT00473
Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…
Engine Derailment at Todmorden Viaduct, September 1942. - MOT00472
Derailment 1942 - On the Friday night of September 4th 1942, a goods train left the rails at Todmorden viaduct and crashed down the embankment behind the market ground. With 28 coal wagons in tow, the train was heading towards Littleborough at 10pm…
Building the 'Great Wall of Todmorden', 1881. - MOT00142
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company had to build a double retaining wall alongside the canal side at Salford due to land subsidence but also to extend the goods yard.
