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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. - 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…
Lobb Mill chimney razing, 29 September 1906 - MOT00507
As a result of the mill closures, some families left the area, causing a drop in population. House building schemes had been left in abeyance during the war. Now the government introduced help for authorities to start a housing programme. This…
Gauxholme Viaduct - BIM00257
Crossing the picture is the railway line as it goes over the road to Bacup at Gauxholme. Looking towards Littleborough, Copperas House Bridge over the Rochdale Canal can be seen further along the line. The former Mason's Arms can be seen in close…
Gauxholme Bridge - ALC00602
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.
Todmorden Town Centre - ALC05151
North Street, Todmorden, around 1920 before properties including the tall building near the viaduct – housing a sweet shop, butcher’s, pie and pea café and a hairdressers – and the Black Swan, left, disappeared under a road widening scheme in the…
Footbridge over the Elphin at Mytholmroyd - KEC00122
The wooden building straddling the river in the viaduct arch had at one time a cafe. The station platforms extended along the viaduct but also over hung it supported by the massive brackets seen here. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society…
Clegg Nook, Mytholmroyd, c1950 - WAO00155
Undated postcard. Bottom centre is Scout Road leading to its junction with Cragg Road. Bottom left are the railings of the Weslyan Chapel. Running above the top of the buildings is the railway viaduct.
View Over Todmorden, 1973 - TNC00191
Featuring prominently are the railway viaduct, Town Hall and behind it Mons Mill.
River and Canal at Lobmill, Todmorden, 1973 - TNC00223
The narrow valley floor is shared by Rochdale Canal, the River Calder and the railway line.
View over Lydgate,Todmorden, 1980 - TNC00305.tif
Lydgate or Nott Wood Railway viaduct with Mons Mill and chimney in the centre. The viaduct is on the Burnley Branch, or Copy Pit Line as it is known in railway circles, which opened in 1849.
Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme, 1984 - TNC00449.tif
Before restoration.
Arial Photograph of Halifax - CBC06110
David Howe has attempted to date this photo. He has one showing the construction work associated with Burdock Way/New Bank taken in the summer of 1972, in which the power station and associated cooling towers were still present. Moreover his photo…
Looking over Robinwood to Flower Scar - CRN00214
From London Road, Lumbutts.
Looking To Horsefall Arches - CRN00235
Cinderhill Mill on the left.