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Rochdale Canal - JGC00105
Minshull Street, Manchester. Juvenile Court is in background.
Ashton Canal - JGC00104
Note the narrow lock. The area around it has now been redeveloped as an industrial estate.
Built by Benjamin Outram and completed in 1797, the Ashton Canal closed in 1961 and reopened in 1974.
Built by Benjamin Outram and completed in 1797, the Ashton Canal closed in 1961 and reopened in 1974.
Rochdale Canal - JGC00103
Whalley Street, Ancoats area of Manchester
East End of Gaythorn Tunnel, Manchester - JGC00102
The Deansgate Lock. The tunnel carries the Rochdale Canal under Deansgate and into Castlefield Basin where it joins the Bridgewater Canal.
Ten Acres Bridge, Newton Heath, Manchester - JGC00101
This bridge carrying Ten Acres Lane over the Rochdale Canal has since been replaced.
Mytholmroyd - General View. - ALC01015
PNH00860. View across the town from the north hillside. Date unknown but before Caldene Avenue was built.
Fallingroyd Bridge, near Hebden Bridge - ALC00698
Alice Longstaff is standing on the bridge, the clog factory is in the background.
Fallingroyd - ALC00620
c.1910. Barge on the Rochdale Canal at Fallingroyd between Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd.
Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge. - ALC00619
West side of Hebble End Bridge over the Rochdale Canal before the bridge was widened in 1963.
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
Gauxholme Bridge - ALC00602
Postcard. The cast iron Gauxholme Bridge over the Rochdale Canal was built by the Manchester & Leeds Railway in 1840 and was described at the time as "a costly and beautiful structure possessing a most graceful appearance". Postcard.
Gauxholme Bridge - ALC00601
A horse drawn barge passing under the cast iron bow string bridge over the Rochdale Canal at Gauxholme near Todmorden with castellated twin Gothic tower abutments. The reinforcement beneath the deck was added in about 1905 to strengthen it.
Charlestown - Whiteley Arches - ALC00467
Whiteley Arches prior to the replacement of the Bow String Bridge in 1939.
View over Hebden Bridge Station and Canal - ALC00465
Probably about 1900. Bottom right the 'new' station built in 1891/2 and to its left the large station goods warehouse. Across Calder Holmes from it the extensive Crossley's mill.
Charlestown General View. - ALC00461
Re-aligned tracks and line of the notorious Charlestown Curve to its left. The curve was built as a temporary detour in 1840 and remained for over 80 years and was the cause of several derailments including a serious accident in 1912 killing four…
Hebden Bridge - Footbridge over the Canal. - ALC00450
c1937/8. Constructing the footbridge over the canal from the Memorial Garden to Calder Holmes Park. In the distance beneath the bridge can be seen Victoria Bridge on Station Road over the Calder and centre right semaphore signal on the railway near…
Charlestown - ALC00424
"This photo was taken from the South hillside with Woodland view in the foreground. Beyond the railway line Knott Hall is on the left, Old Charlestown and Stoney Lane are in the centre with Turret Royd just above. Turret Hall (Wood farm) can be seen…
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…
Charlestown and Whiteley Arches c1918 - ALC00422
The steel bow string bridge was designed by George Stephenson and was one of the earliest of its type. He was employed by Manchester & Leeds Railway when the line was built in the late 1830's. The line was opened in October 1840 except for the…
Hebden Bridge - View from Wood Top. - ALC00414
Bottom centre the passenger station and to its left the large railway warehouse and goods sidings. Above them can be seen Riverside School, originally Hebden Bridge Grammar School which opened 1909. At the top of Station Road by Princes Bridge is…