Summit Tunnel is one of the world's oldest railway tunnels. It was constructed between 1838 and 1841 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to provide a direct line between Leeds and Manchester. When built, Summit Tunnel was the longest railway…
View of the approach to the station with its cobbled. The frontage has been remodelled. This photograph is on a postcard with a mark of 1917. The houses clinging to the Southowram hillside have mostly gone.
The frontage of this station was demolished and very little remains of this handsome structure. The building to the left is what is now the Jubilee Rooms refreshment venue. The station platforms were remodelled in the the mid 20th C and the goods…
This view is remarkably unchanged today apart from the overhead tramlines and the horse-drawn vehicles, although the station has a modern front. The Southowram hillside can be seen behind the station. At one time the Mackintosh's sweet factory was…
Clearly a mill town. In the foreground is Pallis House and to its left smoke from a train in the cutting and above the smoke Holme House. On the left hillside Cross Lanes Methodist Chapel and dominant in the top centre Foster Mill.