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Title: Todmorden RDC - PNH00717
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Title
Todmorden RDC - PNH00717
Description
Todmorden RDC horse drawn water cart . Todmorden RDC was created in 1894 the and name changed to Hepton RDC in the 1930s.
The picture shows the supply of water to the contractors working on the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs. Water would have been needed for the steam engines as well as for the inhabitants of Dawson city, the hunted encampment used by the workforce.
A narrow gauge railway was built between Dawson City at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall to the site of the reservoirs.
The picture shows the supply of water to the contractors working on the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs. Water would have been needed for the steam engines as well as for the inhabitants of Dawson city, the hunted encampment used by the workforce.
A narrow gauge railway was built between Dawson City at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall to the site of the reservoirs.
Date
2011-10-11T17:10:52
Rights
PHDA - Pennine Heritage Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
PNH00717.tif
Collection
Citation
“Todmorden RDC - PNH00717,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, https://www.penninehorizons.org/items/show/33917.
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