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Woodhouse Mill, Todmorden. - RDA00247
The Grade ll listed building situated on the Rochdale Canal between Todmorden and Eastwood. It was built in 1832 as a steam powered cotton mill but by the mid-20th century lay derelict and then in 1994 it was gutted by a fire. It was subsequently…
Woodhouse Mill - Todmorden - DMC00279
Woodhouse Mill was built in 1832 and spun cotton for a century until the Depression halted production. It remained empty for 50 years until it was bought by an enthusiast who planned an industrial heritage centre, but restoration was halted by the…
Woodhouse Mill - TAS00962
This former woollen mill is now apartments
Whitely Arches, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge - HLS00283
Tinted lithograph of Whitely Arches by A. F. Tait from his book 'Views on the Manchester & Leeds Railway' published in 1845. The valley is so narrow at this point with the river, canal and turnpike all squeezed into the valley bottom that with the…
Whiteley Arches - PNH00767
Replacing the original 1840 bowstring, or trussed frame, bridge over the Rochdale Canal with the metal trough bridge we see today. To the right the tall chimney of the former Calderside Mill.
Whiteley Arches - ALC00423
1933. The bowstring bridge over the Rochdale Canal; when built in 1840 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway it was one of the first such in the country. It was replaced in 1939 with the metal trough bridge we see today. To the left Canalside Mill…
Warland, Todmorden 1984 - TNC00418.tif
The Rochdale Canal can just be seen on the centre right of the shot.
Walsden, 1981 - TNC00332.tif
A good view of the cricket field with the railway line and Rochdale Canal to the left of the picture. The complex of buildings to the eft of the road is Gordon Rigg's Garden Centre.
Views of Todmorden - JNB00706
Centre Vale Cricket Ground,looking over the town centre, looking towards Todmorden from Pexwood, John Fielden statue in Centre Vale Park. Postcard dated 1981
View over Hebden Bridge - SWA00100
Ref: 67-6897
Under the Bridge at Mytholmroyd, known as The Long Tunnel- DBC00131
Under the Bridge at Mytholmroyd - known as The Long Tunnel.
Tuel Lane Lock, Sowerby Bridge - KST00121
3rd May, 1996. Celebrating the re-opening of the Rochdale Canal through Sowerby Bridge with the construction of Tuel Lane Lock, now the deepest inland waterway lock in the UK at 19ft 8½inches, connecting to the Calder & Hebble Navigation.
Tresillian', Stubbings, Hebden Bridge - DMC05007
Stubbing Wharf Inn is at bottom right of the picture.
Tree Planting, Fallingroyd, Hebden Bridge.. - DEF00196
Centre left Walkleys Clog Factory and on the right the path running down to re-join the Rochdale Canal tow-path
Tram at Fallingroyd - ALC00605
Tram on Fallingroyd Bridge half way between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. The 'S' shaped bridge was an infamous black spot before it was re-aligned and the sign reads DEATH TRAP
Todmorden Lock, 1984 - TNC00445.tif
Photo taken during the restoration of the Rochdale Canal.
Todmorden Great Wall. - RDA00119
The brick 'Great Wall' supported the sidings and goods yard to the west of the station above the canal.
It is generally accepted that around 4 million bricks were used to construct the revetment known as the Great Wall of Todmorden. However,…
It is generally accepted that around 4 million bricks were used to construct the revetment known as the Great Wall of Todmorden. However,…