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This is the bridge taking the Sowerby Bridge to Halifax railway over Wakefield Road at Copley.

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Bridge over main road, Sowerby Bridge

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On the branch from Greetland on the Calder Valley Main Line upto Holywell Green and Stainland. The line closed to passenger traffic in the 1920s and to goods in 1958.

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The platforms not only extended along the viaducts but also extended over its sides it supported by the massive brackets seen here.

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This is Berry Lane as it passes under the Charlestown Viaduct. The buildings seen on the left on the other side of the viaduct are part of Riding Hall Carpet Mill. To the right of the photographer will be the coal yard associated with the coal drops,…

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The platforms not only extended along the viaducts but also extended over its sides it supported by the massive brackets seen here.

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Thrush Hill Bridge at Caldene, Mytholmroyd

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This bridge is about 250 yards south west of Rookes Bridge (TWA00172) and it crosses Rookes Lane.

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Called Rookes Bridge, it carries the Halifax To Bradford Railway over Whitehall Road (A58) at Norwood Green.

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The 22 arch viaduct on the branch from Pickle Bridge Station (later Wyke Station) on the Halifax-Bradford line to Clifton Road, Brighouse then re- joining the Calder Valley Main Line at Anchor Pit Junction west of Brighouse The viaduct was only…

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GODLEY BRIDGE dates from 1900, the designer being E.R.S. Escott, Borough Engineer of that time. The iron skew bridge was opened on January 27th, 1900, replacing a narrow stone bridge which had probably been erected at the time Godley Cutting was made…

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The junction of Cragg Road, New Road and Scout Road. The houses of Royal Fold are on the right.

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View of the central railway triangle, taken from Ridgefoot in the late 19th Century showing the coal chutes on Stansfield Road, and beyond, the triangle with a void at its centre. Immediately beyond the coal chutes on the left is the Stansfield, or…

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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…

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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…
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