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Bottom centre the passenger station and to its left the large railway warehouse and goods sidings. Above them can be seen Riverside School, originally Hebden Bridge Grammar School which opened 1909. At the top of Station Road by Princes Bridge is…

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View across the railway station to the town. The passenger station, re-built 1891/2, wedged between Victoria Mill to its right and the large railway warehouse to the left and beyond it Crossley Mill. Bottom right the Crow Nest Works of the joint…

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The gas works at Crow Nest next to the railway station were completed in 1912. Across the valley is Mayroyd House.

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1959. The gas works at Crow Nest being dismantled. The single storey mill buildings visible beyond have all now been demolished.

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Gorpley Waterworks under construction. It was finally opened in 1905. The work was completed by Benjamin Lumb, the local builder. In this view, the workmen's encampment can be seen beyond the half-constructed filter beds

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With nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949 the Hebden Royd's municipal gas works ere closed and subsequently demolishes as seen here. The 57ft chimney was left standing until 1956 when "carefully" brought down because of the gas mains under the…

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With nationalisation of the gas industry in 1949 the Hebden Royd's municipal gas works were closed and subsequently demolishes as seen here. The 57ft chimney was left standing until 1956 when "carefully" brought down because of the gas mains under…

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Hebden Royd U.D. Leeds-Halifax-Preston Trunk Road A646, Caldene Bridge-Bridge Gate Reconstruction Scheme. Junction of Burnley Road with Station Road, Hebden Bridge. Photo dated 28/4/52. Below the arm pointing to the station the former Gas Works at…

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The railway line runs diagonally across the picture, with Fairfield on the left and Calder Holmes Park on the right.
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