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  • Collection: Alice Longstaff - General Pictures

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Wade, one of the engines used during the building of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs

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This crane was is seen working at the construction of the Walshaw Dean reservoirs.

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Date unknown. On the bottom right is a section of the footbridge between the two platforms and above it the small Booking Office. On the left is the entrance to the goods and coal yards.

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The goit beside Furtex Mill. The mill has now been demolished and replaced by housing.

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The park is in the foreground and British Furtex in the centre. BT061JTS.

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This building, believed to have come from Dawson City, was situated at the end of Valley Road, opposite the market. At one time it housed the office of a coal merchants. It was destroyed by fire in 1996. Above right Stubbing School and left St.…

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Originally described as a cottage, this was rather a controversial building due to its size and grandeur. The foundation stone was laid in May 1903.

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Workers in Dawson City, which was situated at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall. The ‘City’ housed many hundreds of men along with their wives and children. It was built in 1900 near Draper Corner, below Heptonstall Slack, as a settlement and depot for…

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Children from the encampment built to house the workmen and their families employed in the construction of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs, 1900 to 1912.

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The wooden 'city' was built to house the workmen and their families employed in the construction of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs, 1900 to 1912.
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