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NAME: FRITHS MILL

LOCATION: Gauxholme

REF: CD22

GRID REF: 926 231

CLASSIFICATION: A and B

CONDITION: Part used/part demolished

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Site from late 18C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: An early water powered site. A…

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Looking over the canal and railway arches towards Todmorden

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NAME: GAUXHOLME CORN MILL

LOCATION: Gauxholme

REF: CD24

GRID REF: 929 232

CLASSIFICATION: C

CONDITION: Semi-used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: From early 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: Close to the confluence of Midgelden Clough with…

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A horse drawn barge passing under the cast iron bow string bridge over the Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme near Todmorden with castellated twin Gothic tower abutments. The reinforcement beneath the deck was added in about 1905 to strengthen it.

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Postcard. The cast iron Gauxholme Bridge over the Rochdale Canal was built by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and was described at the time as "a costly and beautiful structure possessing a most graceful appearance". Postcard.

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Built by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and always known by them as Gauxholme Bridge but locally referred to as Coppras House Bridge. It was one of the very first Bow String Bridges in the country along with Whiteley Arches, near Hebden…

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A rambling viaduct of 17 stone spans of 35ft and 1 of 60ft plus the iron span bridge over the Rochdale Canal, much plainer than its more famous neighbour to the east of the viaduct.

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General view pre-1914 over the No. 1 Viaduct and canal bridge looking up towards Walsden.

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The newly built Shade School in 1904. Righthand corner the skew bridge over the Rochdale Canal with its castellated buttresses.

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At the side of the Rochdale Canal, during restoration work.

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During restoration work on the Rochdale Canal. The metal trough bridge crossing the canal at the western end of the long rambling Gauxholme Viaduct.

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Situated on the Bacup Road from Gauxholme. Top left the remains of the waterwheel casement of Gorpley Mill, demolished in 1894.

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Heading for Manchester the train is approaching Skew Bridge, the road towards the top of the picture leads to Dobroyd.

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Photo taken during the restoration of the Rochdale Canal.
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