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…
LYRS 6010 - The handsome cast iron skew bridge over the Rochdale Canal near Todmorden with castellated Gothic abutments, viewed from the hillside. When built in 1839/40 this was one of the first bow-string bridges in the country.
LYRS 6011 - The handsome cast iron skew bridge over the Rochdale Canal near Todmorden with castellated Gothic abutments, viewed from the hillside. When built in 1839/40 this was one of the first bow-string bridges in the country.
F. & H. Sutcliffe's Mill, now demolished, is on the left with Mayroyd Mill beyond. The Rochdale Canal is in disrepair with the lock gates boarded up. Part of the Hebden Bridge Local History Society Archive
The pediment of Todmorden town Hall can just be seen on the left, centre is the partially demolished former Co-op building, the tower of Cross Stone Church can be seen on the sky lineAugust 2000
Taken before the restoration of the canal in the 1980s this is the weir on Colden Water where it meets the river Calder near Stubbing Square footbridge.
Machpelah Works (the building next to the barge) was owned by Trevor Smith, it was offices and workshops until the upper floors were converted into flats in (20??). Trevor Smith’s company, TT Surveys, which was concerned with marine seismic survey…