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Hebden Bridge looking over to the Birchcliffe hillside. Lower centre are the huge retaining walls supporting Keighley Road and Birchcliffe Road which were cut into the hillside early 19th century when the turnpike from Hebden Bridge to Lees was…

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Bridge over the Rochdale Canal at Holme Street, Hebden Bridge during restoration prior to re-opening.

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Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge

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The so called 'frying pan alley' centre left dropping down to Foster Lane.

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Narrow boat in the dock at Hebden Bridge now re-developed as a marina.

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Lock on the Rochdale Canal at Callis, west of Hebden Bridge, prior to its restoration.

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Rochdale Canal at Callis prior to restoration of the lock.

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West Laithe, Heptonstall in the snow

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Heptonstall Old Church and the Chantry House

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Grainwater Bridge in Crimsworth Dean near Hebden Bridge.

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Blackpit Lock on the Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge prior to its restoration. Immediately beyond the lock the canal is carried on an aqueduct over the River Calder.

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Looking up the Calder Valley from Hell Hole Rocks above Mytholm. The factory centre left has been demolished and towards the top are Whiteley Arches carrying the railway over the road, canal and river.

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The Cross Inn, Heptonstall. The tarmac has now been removed from the road restoring it to its original cobbled state.

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Rochdale Canal ay Mayroyd, Hebden Bridge, prior to its restoration.

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The Rochdale Canal opened in stages as sections were completed, with the Rochdale Branch the first in 1798 and further sections in 1799. The bottom nine locks opened in 1800 and boats using the Ashton Canal could reach Manchester. Officially, the…

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The canal basin, Hebden Bridge. Now rebuilt as a Marina.

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The reservoir was designed by J. F. Bateman for Halifax Corporation to provide a water supply from Widdop to Halifax, 8 miles away.
It was constructed under an Act of Parliament passed in 1868. The first sod was cut on 26th July 1871 by Mayor H. C.…

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Widdop Road on the moors between Hebden Bridge and Colne, here looking in the Hebden Bridge direction.

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Work in progress on the restoration of the Rochdale Canal in the centre of Hebden Bridge.
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