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Working on a Todmorden bus chassis in 1930. The bus was first registered in 1923

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Messrs Astin Bros, Hebden Bridge, June 3rd 1919. Photo taken on the market ground, Hebden Bridge.

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Messrs Astin Bros, of Hebden Bridge and Sowerby Bridge, June 3rd 1919. Photo taken on the market ground, Hebden Bridge.

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Messrs Astin Bros, of Hebden Bridge and Sowerby Bridge, June 3rd 1919. Photo taken on the market ground, Hebden Bridge.

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Messrs Astin Bros, Hebden Bridge, June 3rd 1919. Photo taken on the market ground, Hebden Bridge.

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Messrs Astin Bros, Hebden Bridge, June 3rd 1919. Photo taken on the market ground, Hebden Bridge.

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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…

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Woodhouse Mill, seen from the towing path of the Rochdale Canal, c. 1906. The three-storey terrace of houses was called Bank View. The improvements and inventions of Hargreaves' spinning jenny, Crompton's mule, and later, Cartwright's power loom…

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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…

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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…

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Woodhouse Mill, built in 1832, was sited directly alongside the Rochdale Canal to take advantage of the transport facilities and process water. The small engine house can be seen on the left of the mill. The chimney was detached from the mill in…

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NAME: WOODBOTTOM MILL

LOCATION: Hollins Road, Knowl Wood

REF: CD13

GRID REF: 932 226

CLASSIFICATION: D

CONDITION: Fully used

APPROX DATE OF SITE AND BUILDINGS: Late 19C

DESCRIPTION/HISTORY: A small works built into the hillside…

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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.

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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…

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County Bridge, St Peter's Church Sowerby, Canal Basin Sowerby Bridge, River Calder Mytholmroyd. Postcard dated 1993.

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West End looking towards New Road. Date unknown but the car has a post-1921 Leeds registration number. From the far end the shops are: first three Blackburn Ironmongers; Haighs Music Shop; Westerman's Photographic Studio; Cockcrofts and Watsons. On…
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