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Mayroyd Lock, Hebden Bridge - DTA00128
The derelict lock on the Rochdale Canal prior to its restoration. Authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1794 as a broad canal, the Rochdale was constructed by William Jessop and completed in 1804. This picture shows one of the 92 locks on its 32…
Rochdale Canal, Warland, Walsden - DMC00255
Longlees Lock
Hebden Bridge - Mayroyd Lock and Lock House. - HLS05110
HLS05110. Looking east along the Rochdale Canal from just past Mayroyd Mill. To the right of the house the gable end of the Crow Nest Gas Works manager's house with some railway wagons. To the left more wagons and a railway signal. Date unknown but…
Black Pit Lock at Hebden Bridge - LLG00288
The Rochdale Canal looking towards Hebble End
Hebden Bridge - General View - ALC00412
Date unknown but probably late 1940s/early 1950s as the first steel pre-fabricated houses at Dodnaze on Wadsworth Lane can be seen. Central Street and Riverside Schools feature prominently
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge - WSC00121
Black Pit Lock prior to restoration in the mid-1980s. On the right the Central Dye Works is now apartments with an extra storey added. This shows the aqueduct which carries the Rochdale Canal over the River Calder.
Todmorden 1983 - TNC00347.tif
Library Lock on the Rochdale Canal, with the railway line at the back of the picture. The 'Great wall of Tod' just visible below the railway line which was built in 1881 to support the goods yard and Fielden's sidings when they were extended. Bottom…
Rochdale Canal 1983 - TNC00348.tif
Canal restoration work.
Rochdale Canal 1983 - TNC00349.tif
A view of restoration work on the canal.
Rochdale Canal, Todmorden 1983 - TNC00384.tif
Library Lock Rochdale Canal
Official Opening of the Sowerby Bridge Lock - KST00122
Tuel Lane Lock was built in 1996 as part of the canal's restoration, and replaces two previous locks, locks 3 and 4, from the original canal system. With a fall of 19 feet 8.5 inches (6 m), it is the deepest lock in the United Kingdom. The official…
Black Pit Lock, Hebden Bridge - BIM00466
Beyond the lock the Rochdale Canal is carried over the River Calder on an aqueduct. The building on right, a former dyeworks, has been extended and converted into appartments.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge - BIM00474
Looking down the valley.
Rochdale Canal, Todmorden - BIM00475
On the skyline is the tower of Dobroyd Castle, a mock gothic Victorian pile built by cotton magnate John Fielden Junior.
Black Pit Lock, Hebden Bridge - BIM00466
Beyond the lock the Rochdale Canal is carried over the River Calder on an aqueduct. The building on right, a former dyeworks, has been extended and converted into appartments.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge - BIM00474
Looking down the valley.
Rochdale Canal, Todmorden - BIM00475
On the skyline is the tower of Dobroyd Castle, a mock gothic Victorian pile built by cotton magnate John Fielden Junior.
Bingley First Station - DNT00179
The station on the Leeds & Bradford Extension Railway between Shipley and Colne opened at the same time as the section of the line between Shipley and Keighley in March 1847. The station on its last day as seen here was near the Bingley Three Rise…
Rochdale Canal - PNH00637
PNH00637. Hebden Bridge. Mayroyd Lock No. 8 looking towards Princess Bridge on Station Road.
Rochdale Canal - PNH00641
Lock at Summit.